Speckled ground squirrel

Weight

252 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

2.33 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Herbivoresrc for Diet

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

Not recorded

Gestation

23 days – 25 dayssrc for Gestation

Young per litter or clutch

6src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

12 monthssrc for Age at maturity

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

Critically Endangered (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The speckled ground squirrel is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List: it faces an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.

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

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Critically Endangered species.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderRodentia
5. familySciuridae
6. genusSpermophilus
7. SpeciesSpermophilus suslicus (Güldenstaedt, 1770)

Synonyms Mus suslicus

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

EN, Endangered

European ground squirrel

Spermophilus citellus

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

LC, Least Concern

Alashan ground squirrel

Spermophilus alashanicus

Sciuridae

CompareSpeckled ground squirrel vs European ground squirrelSpeckled ground squirrel vs Yellow ground squirrelSpeckled ground squirrel vs Little ground squirrelSpeckled ground squirrel vs Russet ground squirrel

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@misc{speckled_ground_squirrel_2026,
  title = {Speckled ground squirrel (Spermophilus suslicus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/speckled-ground-squirrel},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}