European ground squirrel

European ground squirrel: European ground squirrel: translation

European ground squirrel

Conservation status

Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)^[1]

Scientific classification

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Rodentia

Family: Sciuridae

Genus: Spermophilus

Species: S. citellus

Binomial name

Spermophilus citellus
(Linnaeus, 1766)

Geographic range

The European ground squirrel (Spermophilus citellus), also known as the European souslik, is a species from the squirrel family Sciuridae and is besides the speckled ground squirrel (Spermophilus suslicus) the only European representative of the genus Spermophilus. Like all squirrels, it is a member of the rodent order.

Description

The European ground squirrel grows to a length of approximately 20 cm and a weight of between 200 and 400 g. It is a diurnal animal, living in colonies of individual burrows in pastures or grassy embankments. The squirrels emerge during the day to feed upon seeds, plant shoots and roots or flightless invertebrates. The colonies maintain sentinels who whistle at the sight of a predator, bringing the pack scurrying back to safety.

The European ground squirrel hibernates between autumn and March, depending on the climate. In preparation they will build up reserves of brown fat during the late summer.

In early summer, between 5 and 8 cubs are born in one litter.

Spermophilus citellus is whistling

Distribution

It is to be found throughout eastern Europe from southern Ukraine, to Asia Minor, Austria, the Czech Republic, Greece, Romania, Bulgaria and north as far as Poland.

References

^ Coroiu, C., Kryštufek, B., Vohralík, V. & Zagorodnyuk, I. (2008). Spermophilus citellus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 8 January 2009.

v · d · eLiving species of tribe Marmotini (ground squirrels)

Kingdom: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Class: Mammalia • Order: Rodentia • Suborder: Sciuromorpha • Family: Sciuridae • Subfamily: Xerinae

Ammospermophilus
(antelope squirrels)
Harris's antelope squirrel (A. harrisii) • Espíritu Santo antelope squirrel (A. insularis) • Texas antelope squirrel (A. interpres) • White-tailed antelope squirrel (A. leucurus) • San Joaquin antelope squirrel (A. nelsoni)

Callospermophilus
(golden-mantled ground squirrels)
Golden-mantled ground squirrel (C. lateralis) • Sierra Madre ground squirrel (C. madrensis) • Cascade golden-mantled ground squirrel (C. saturatus)

Cynomys
(prairie dogs)
Gunnison's prairie dog (C. gunnisoni) • White-tailed prairie dog (C. leucurus) • Black-tailed prairie dog (C. ludovicianus) • Mexican prairie dog (C. mexicanus) • Utah prairie dog (C. parvidens)

Eutamias
Siberian chipmunk (E. sibiricus)

Ictidomys
(little ground squirrels)
Mexican ground squirrel (I. mexicanus) • I. parvidens • Thirteen-lined ground squirrel (I. tridecemlineatus)

Marmota
(marmots)
Subgenus Marmota: Gray marmot (M. baibacina) • Bobak marmot (M. bobak) • Alaska marmot (M. broweri) • Black-capped marmot (M. camtschatica) • Long-tailed marmot (M. caudata) • Himalayan marmot (M. himalayana) • Alpine marmot (M. marmota) • Menzbier's marmot (M. menzbieri) • Groundhog or woodchuck (M. monax) • Tarbagan marmot (M. sibirica)
Subgenus Petromarmota: Hoary marmot (M. caligata) • Yellow-bellied marmot (M. flaviventris) • Olympic marmot (M. olympus) • Vancouver Island marmot (M. vancouverensis)

Neotamias
(western chipmunks)
Alpine chipmunk (N. alpinus) • Yellow-pine chipmunk (N. amoenus) • Buller's chipmunk (N. bulleri) • Gray-footed chipmunk (N. canipes) • Gray-collared chipmunk (N. cinereicollis) • Cliff chipmunk (N. dorsalis) • Durango chipmunk (N. durangae) • Merriam's chipmunk (N. merriami) • Least chipmunk (N. minimus) • California chipmunk (N. obscurus) • Yellow-cheeked chipmunk (N. ochrogenys) • Palmer's chipmunk (N. palmeri) • Panamint chipmunk (N. panamintinus) • Long-eared chipmunk (N. quadrimaculatus) • Colorado chipmunk (N. quadrivittatus) • Red-tailed chipmunk (N. ruficaudus) • Hopi chipmunk (N. rufus) • Allen's chipmunk (N. senex) • Siskiyou chipmunk (N. siskiyou) • Sonoma chipmunk (N. sonomae) • Lodgepole chipmunk (N. speciosus) • Townsend's chipmunk (N. townsendii) • Uinta chipmunk (N. umbrinus)

Notocitellus
Tropical ground squirrel (N. adocetus) • Ring-tailed ground squirrel (N. annulatus)

Otospermophilus
(rock squirrels)
Baja California rock squirrel (O. atricapillus) • California ground squirrel (O. beecheyi) • Rock squirrel (O. variegatus)

Poliocitellus
Franklin's ground squirrel (P. franklinii)

Sciurotamias
(Asian rock squirrels)
Pére David's rock squirrel (S. davidianus) • Forrest's rock squirrel (S. forresti)

Spermophilus sensu stricto
(Old World ground squirrels)
Alashan ground squirrel (S. alashanicus) • S. brevicauda • European ground squirrel (S. citellus) • Daurian ground squirrel (S. dauricus) • Red-cheeked ground squirrel (S. erythrogenys) • Yellow ground squirrel (S. fulvus) • Russet ground squirrel (S. major) • S. pallicauda • Little ground squirrel (S. pygmaeus) • S. ralli • S. relictus • Speckled ground squirrel (Spermophilus suslicus) • Taurus ground squirrel (Spermophilus taurensis) • Asia Minor ground squirrel (Spermophilus xanthoprymnus)

Tamias
Eastern chipmunk (T. striatus)

Urocitellus
(Holarctic ground squirrels)
Uinta ground squirrel (U. armatus) • Belding's ground squirrel (U. beldingi) • Idaho ground squirrel (U. brunneus) • Merriam's ground squirrel (U. canus) • Columbian ground squirrel (U. columbianus) • Wyoming ground squirrel (U. elegans) • Piute ground squirrel (U. mollis) • Arctic ground squirrel (U. parryii) • Richardson's ground squirrel (U. richardsonii) • Townsend's ground squirrel (U. townsendii) • Washington ground squirrel (U. washingtoni) • Long-tailed ground squirrel (U. undulatus)

Xerospermophilus
(pygmy ground squirrels)
Mohave ground squirrel (X. mohavensis) • Perote ground squirrel (X. perotensis) • Spotted ground squirrel (X. spilosoma) • Round-tailed ground squirrel (X. tereticaudus)

Category

Categories:
IUCN Red List vulnerable species
Ground squirrels
Mammals of Europe
Mammals of Asia

European ground squirrel

Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Sciuridae
Genus:	Spermophilus
Species:	S. citellus
Binomial name
*Spermophilus citellus* (Linnaeus, 1766)

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