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European ground squirrel

(Spermophilus citellus)

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Description

The European ground squirrel (Spermophilus citellus),also known as the European souslik,is a species from the squirrel family,Sciuridae.It and the speckled ground squirrel (Spermophilus suslicus) are the only European representatives of the genus Spermophilus.Like all squirrels,it is a member of the rodent order.It is to be found throughout eastern Europe from southern Ukraine,to Asia Minor,Austria,the Czech Republic,Slovakia,Serbia,Greece,Romania,Bulgaria,Macedonia and north as far as Poland but the range is divided in two parts by the Carpathian Mountains.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Mammalia
Order:Rodentia
Family:Sciuridae
Genus:Spermophilus
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