Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel
Ictidomys tridecemlineatus
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 4,039
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The thirteen-lined ground squirrel (Ictidomys tridecemlineatus), also known as the striped gopher, leopard ground squirrel, and squinny (formerly known as the leopard-spermophile in the age of Audubon), is a species of hibernating ground squirrel that is widely distributed over grasslands and prairies of North America.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Thirteen-lined ground squirrel”.