Round-tailed Ground Squirrel
Xerospermophilus tereticaudus
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 2,707
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The round-tailed ground squirrel (Xerospermophilus tereticaudus), known as "Ardillón cola redonda" in Spanish, live in the desert of the Southwestern United States and Northwestern Mexico. They are called "ground squirrels" because they burrow in loose soil, often under mesquite trees and creosote bushes.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Round-tailed ground squirrel”.