Red-cheeked ground squirrel: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

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

Scientific name	Spermophilus erythrogenys
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 red-cheeked ground squirrel live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the red-cheeked 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 red-cheeked ground squirrel endangered?

The red-cheeked 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 red-cheeked ground squirrel?

The red-cheeked ground squirrel (Spermophilus erythrogenys) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Sciuridae, genus Spermophilus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the red-cheeked ground squirrel

The red-cheeked ground squirrel (Spermophilus erythrogenys) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is commonly referred to as the red-cheeked ground souslik and there are several recognized subspecies. It is found in central Asia. Spermophilus brunnescens (Belyaev, 1943), Spermophilus heptneri (Vasil'eva, 1964) and Spermophilus ungae (Martino, 1923) are accepted as synonyms. There is some controversy over whether Spermophilus pallidicauda and Spermophilus brevicauda should be regarded as synonyms or full species.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Red-cheeked ground squirrel (revision 1315276812), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1766551 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).