Striped ground squirrel

Weight

502.4 g – 600 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

6 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Herbivoresrc for Diet

Longest recorded lifespan

10.3 years

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

Not recorded

Gestation

71 dayssrc for Gestation

Young per litter or clutch

2 – 6src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

6.91 months – 12 monthssrc for Age at maturity

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 striped 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. genusXerus
7. SpeciesXerus erythropus (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)

Synonyms Euxerus erythropus, Sciurus erythopus, Sciurus erythropus

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaWikidataIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

Unstriped ground squirrel

Xerus rutilus

Sciuridae

LC, Least Concern

Mountain ground squirrel

Xerus princeps

Sciuridae

LC, Least Concern

South African ground squirrel

Xerus inauris

Sciuridae

CompareStriped ground squirrel vs Unstriped ground squirrelStriped ground squirrel vs Mountain ground squirrelStriped ground squirrel vs South African ground squirrel

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@misc{striped_ground_squirrel_2026,
  title = {Striped ground squirrel (Xerus erythropus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/striped-ground-squirrel},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}