Thirteen-lined ground squirrel
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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 ground squirrel that is widely distributed over grasslands and prairies of North America.
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Thirteen-lined ground squirrel | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Sciuridae |
Genus: | Ictidomys |
Species: | I. tridecemlineatus |
Binomial name | |
Ictidomys tridecemlineatus (Mitchill, 1821) | |
Synonyms | |
Spermophilus tridecemlineatus |
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