ground squirrel

Any of several terrestrial squirrels of the genus Spermophilus of Eurasia and North America, most of which live in burrows and hibernate during the winter.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

ground squirrel

(Animals) any burrowing sciurine rodent of the genus Citellus and related genera, resembling chipmunks and occurring in North America, E Europe, and Asia. Also called: gopher

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

ground′ squir`rel

any of various striped or variegated, mostly burrowing rodents of the squirrel family, esp. of the genus Spermophilus (or Citellus), that are widespread in North America and Eurasia and often do much damage to crops. Also called gopher, spermophile.

[1680–90]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	ground squirrel - small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches eastern chipmunk, hackee, striped squirrel, Tamias striatus squirrel - a kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail genus Tamias, Tamias - chipmunks of eastern North America
	2.	ground squirrel - any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops spermophile, gopher squirrel - a kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail Citellus, genus Citellus, genus Spermophilus, Spermophilus - typical ground squirrels antelope chipmunk, antelope squirrel, Citellus leucurus, whitetail antelope squirrel - small ground squirrel of western United States Citellus lateralis, mantled ground squirrel - common black-striped reddish-brown ground squirrel of western North America; resembles a large chipmunk Citellus citellus, souslik, suslik - rather large central Eurasian ground squirrel Citellus richardsoni, flickertail, Richardson ground squirrel - of sagebrush and grassland areas of western United States and Canada Citellus variegatus, rock squirrel - large grey ground squirrel of rocky areas of the southwestern United States Arctic ground squirrel, Citellus parryi, parka squirrel - large ground squirrel of the North American far north

Mentioned in

References in periodicals archive

However, NINDS senior investigator John Hallenbeck, co-senior author of the study found that a cellular process called SUMOylation goes into overdrive in a certain species of ground squirrel during hibernation.

Therapy Based on Hibernating Squirrels

Feeding helps matingThe situation had been worsening and finding a European ground squirrel in the meadow was becoming harder and harder.

Captured by sousliks: Do you know where in Slovakia they will eat from your hand?

Applicants can rest assured that this site has long-term viability that will allow them to fully mitigate their impacts." Black Mountain's location benefits a number of protected species, including desert tortoise, Mohave ground squirrel, American badger, desert kit fox, loggerhead shrike and Le Conte's thrasher, as well as waters of the state of California.

Wildlands accepting reservations for habitat mitigation

Squirrels are rodents that fall into two categories: ground squirrels such as the 13-lined ground squirrel, and tree squirrels such as gray and fox squirrels.

Black squirrels are more common than ever in the suburbs

A ground squirrel tunnel can be 35 feet long, and a single gopher is capable of moving about one ton of earth every year.

Ventura County Public Works Agency Study Shows Owls and Hawks Can be More Effective Than Poisons for Rodent Control

(6) 1.1 2.9 2.1 Bushy-tailed Woodrat Neotoma cinerea - 1.3 1.1 Ground Squirrel Spermophilus spp.

FOOD HABITS OF PACIFIC MARTEN FROM SCATS IN SOUTH-CENTRAL OREGON

The round-tailed ground squirrel (Xerospermophilus tereticaudus) is a diurnal rodent adapted to a wide range of arid environments of the southwestern U.S.

Status of the Isolated, Threatened Valle de la Trinidad Round-Tailed Ground Squirrel, Baja California, Mexico

Recently, researchers led by John Hallenbeck found that a cellular process called SUMOylation goes into overdrive in a certain species of ground squirrel during hibernation.

Squirrels inspire new stroke treatments

The purpose of their research was threefold: to determine how much lead from spent ammunition remained in the carcasses of the ground squirrels after they had been shot by hunters; to measure lead levels in the bodies of birds that had eaten shot ground squirrels versus those that had captured live prey; and to look at how the presence of large numbers of ground squirrel carcasses affected raptor hunting and scavenging behavior.

Heavy metal: the debate over how to regulate lead ammunition is heating up in Oregon

Consequently, it can be predicted that both species of coccidia will be found in other populations of the round-tailed ground squirrel.

Eimeria vilasi (apicomplexa: eimeriidae) from the roundtailed ground squirrel (xerospermophilus tereticaudus)

pestis is amplified among susceptible rodent hosts (2), such as the California ground squirrel (Otospermophilus beecheyi), the golden-mantled ground squirrel (Callospermophilus lateralis), and certain chipmunk species (Tamias spp.) (2,3,14,15).

Investigation of and response to 2 plague cases, Yosemite National Park, California, USA, 2015