#0171 · 🦊 mammals

Caucasian Mountain Ground Squirrel

Spermophilus musicus

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 in Europe, not in NL

7 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Саша Козырев · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Valentina Volkova · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Никита · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © К. Руслан и Ф. Виктория · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Марина · CC BY 4.0
6. © Светлана Царахова · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Светлана Царахова · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Caucasian Mountain ground squirrel ( Spermophilus musicus ) is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is endemic to Georgia.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 374iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
374 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Édouard Ménétries in 1823 (203 years ago).