#0400 · 🦊 mammals

Belding's Ground Squirrel

🇳🇱 Beldings grondeekhoorn ·Urocitellus beldingi

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

Belding's ground squirrel ( Urocitellus beldingi ), also called pot gut , sage rat or picket-pin , is a squirrel that lives on mountains in the western United States. In California, it often is found at 6,500 to 11,800 feet (2,000–3,600 m) in meadows between Lake Tahoe and Kings Canyon. This species is not of conservation concern, and its range includes some protected areas.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,097iNaturalist 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.
3,097 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Clinton Hart Merriam in 1888 (138 years ago).