Townsend's Ground Squirrel

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Townsend's Ground Squirrel
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Spermophilus
Species: S. townsendii
Binomial name
Spermophilus townsendii
Bachman, 1839

The Townsend's Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus townsendii) is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is endemic to the United States. Its natural habitat is temperate grassland.

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