Speckled Ground Squirrel

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Speckled Ground Squirrel

Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Spermophilus
Species: S. suslicus
Binomial name
Spermophilus suslicus
(Güldenstädt, 1770)

The Speckled Ground Squirrel or Spotted Souslik (Spermophilus suslicus) is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is found in Poland, Romania, Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. Its natural habitat is temperate grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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