Alashan ground squirrel

Weight

200 g – 267.8 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

2.08 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Herbivoresrc for Diet

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

shrublandsrc for Habitat

Gestation

30 dayssrc for Gestation

Young per litter or clutch

4.82src for Young per litter or clutch

Litters or clutches a year

1src for Litters or clutches a year

Active

By day (diurnal)src for Active

Lifestyle

Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The alashan ground squirrel is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderRodentia
5. familySciuridae
6. genusSpermophilus
7. SpeciesSpermophilus alashanicus Büchner, 1888

Synonyms Citellus alashanicus dilutus, Citellus obscures siccus, Spermophilus dilutus, Spermophilus obscurus, Spermophilus siccus

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaWikidataIUCN Red List

EN, Endangered

European ground squirrel

Spermophilus citellus

Sciuridae

CR, Critically Endangered

Speckled ground squirrel

Spermophilus suslicus

Sciuridae

LC, Least Concern

Yellow ground squirrel

Spermophilus fulvus

Sciuridae

LC, Least Concern

Little ground squirrel

Spermophilus pygmaeus

Sciuridae

NT, Near Threatened

Russet ground squirrel

Spermophilus major

Sciuridae

LC, Least Concern

Relict ground squirrel

Spermophilus relictus

Sciuridae

CompareAlashan ground squirrel vs European ground squirrelAlashan ground squirrel vs Speckled ground squirrelAlashan ground squirrel vs Yellow ground squirrelAlashan ground squirrel vs Little ground squirrel

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@misc{alashan_ground_squirrel_2026,
  title = {Alashan ground squirrel (Spermophilus alashanicus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/alashan-ground-squirrel},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}