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Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel ( Spermophilus tridecemlineatus )

Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel | Spermophilus tridecemlineatus photo

Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel

Photograph by Mnmazur. License: Public Domain.

Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel | Spermophilus tridecemlineatus photo

Ground Squirrel (Spermophilis tridecemlineatus)

Photograph by Phil Myers, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan. License: Public Domain.

MAMMAL FACTS

Classification

Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Sciuridae
Genus:	Spermophilus
Species:	tridecemlineatus
Common Name:	Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel

Relatives in same Genus
  Uinta Ground Squirrel (S. armatus)
  California Ground Squirrel (S. beecheyi)
  Belding's Ground Squirrel (S. beldingi)
  Idaho Ground Squirrel (S. brunneus)
  Columbian Ground Squirrel (S. columbianus)
  Wyoming Ground Squirrel (S. elegans)
  Franklin's Ground Squirrel (S. franklinii)
  Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel (S. lateralis)
  Arctic Ground Squirrel (S. parryii)
  Richardson's Ground Squirrel (S. richardsonii)
  Spotted Ground Squirrel (S. spilosoma)
  Round-tailed Ground Squirrel (S. tereticaudus)
  Rock Squirrel (S. variegatus)