Snake River Plains Ground Squirrel
Urocitellus idahoensis
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 110
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
Description
The Snake River Plains ground squirrel (Urocitellus idahoensis) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae endemic to Idaho in the western United States. It was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the Piute ground squirrel, before being identified as a distinct species on the basis of genetic differences in 2025.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Snake River Plains ground squirrel”.