Caucasian Mountain ground squirrel: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Caucasian Mountain ground squirrel lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Spermophilus musicus
Group	Squirrels, chipmunks & marmots
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Europe
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Sciuridae

Where does the Caucasian Mountain ground squirrel live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Caucasian Mountain ground squirrel in 1 country or territory across Europe.

Russia

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Caucasian Mountain ground squirrel endangered?

The Caucasian Mountain ground squirrel’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Caucasian Mountain ground squirrel?

The Caucasian Mountain ground squirrel (Spermophilus musicus) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Sciuridae, genus Spermophilus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Caucasian Mountain ground squirrel

The Caucasian Mountain ground squirrel (Spermophilus musicus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. Its taxonomic status has been the subject of much debate, and it has at times been treated as a subspecies of the little ground squirrel. It was formerly considered endemic to the North Caucasus (Kabardino-Balkaria and North Ossetia-Alania), but a 2024 analysis suggested that all populations of the little ground squirrel to the west of the Volga River should be included in this species. According to this definition, the Caucasian ground squirrel is widespread, ranging from Dagestan to Crimea and between the Dnieper and the Volga. It is not distributed in the Kuban, and the population in the North Caucasus (the population originally referred to as Spermophilus musicus) is isolated.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Caucasian Mountain ground squirrel (revision 1315231228), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q2019318 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).