#0337 · 🦊 mammals

Uinta Ground Squirrel

Urocitellus armatus

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © Thaddeus Charles Jones · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Isaac Krone · CC BY 4.0
3. © Kristi · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
4. © 2013 Patricia Holroyd · CC BY 4.0
5. © Mary Ann Melton · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Soheil Zendeh · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
7. © Soheil Zendeh · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
8. © Andrew Block · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © anaxvp · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Uinta ground squirrel ( Urocitellus armatus ), commonly called a Potgut in northern Utah, is a species of rodent native to the western United States.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,784iNaturalist 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.
4,784 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Robert Kennicott in 1863 (163 years ago).