Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel

Ictidomys tridecemlineatus

Field notes

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 species of hibernating ground squirrel that is widely distributed over grasslands and prairies of North America.

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided