#0494 · 🦊 mammals
Wyoming Ground Squirrel
Urocitellus elegans
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what is it?
The Wyoming ground squirrel ( Urocitellus elegans ) is a species of rodents in the family Sciuridae.
base stats
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.
- 1,879 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Robert Kennicott in 1863 (163 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Wyoming Ground Squirrel
- scientific name
- Urocitellus elegans
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Rodentia
- family
- Sciuridae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 1,879
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1863 by Robert Kennicott
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Sciuridae
#0008 📷 10Eurasian Red Squirrel
🇳🇱 Rode eekhoorn
Sciurus vulgaris
LC 👀 712 in NL
#0033 📷 8Siberian Chipmunk
🇳🇱 Koreaanse Grondeekhoorn
Eutamias sibiricus
LC 👀 26 in NL
#0075 📷 10Eastern Gray Squirrel
🇳🇱 Noord-Amerikaanse grijze eekhoorn
Sciurus carolinensis
LC 🌍 418.6k seen
#0199 📷 9Eastern Fox Squirrel
🇳🇱 Amerikaanse voseekhoorn
Sciurus niger
LC 🌍 173.4k seen
#0078 📷 10Eastern Chipmunk
🇳🇱 Oostelijke Wangzakeekhoorn
Tamias striatus
LC 🌍 112.8k seen
#0079 📷 10American Red Squirrel
🇳🇱 Amerikaanse Rode Eekhoorn
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
LC 🌍 103.4k seen
#0203 📷 10Groundhog
🇳🇱 Bosmarmot
Marmota monax
LC 🌍 67.1k seen
#0204 📷 7California Ground Squirrel
🇳🇱 Californische Grondeekhoorn
Otospermophilus beecheyi
LC 🌍 65.1k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 179999, Wikidata Q21730473, GBIF 7404826, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.