Red-cheeked Ground Squirrel
Spermophilus erythrogenys Brandt, 1841
Also calledCitello dalle guance rosse (ita) · Khaltar Zuram (mon) · Kızıl Yanaklı Gelengi (tur) · Suslik Krasnoschyokii (rus) · siperiansuslikki (fin) · suseł rudolicy (pol) · sysel rudolící (ces) · Краснощёкий суслик (rus) · Қызылұрт сарышұнақ (kaz) · ホオアカハタリス (jpn) · 赤頰黃鼠 (zho)
First described in: Bull. Acad. Sci. St. Petersbourg p.43
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
activity
Activity patterns. The Red-cheeked Ground Squirrel is diurnal and is active aboveground in late spring and summer; it hibernates from late August until late March-April in simple but deep burrows.
Sciuridae
biology_ecology
Habitat. Xeric plains, typically with dry steppe and semi-desert vegetation. In the northern parts of its distribution, the Red-cheeked Ground Squirrel lives on edges of birch (Betula, Betulaceae) and European aspen (Populus tremula, Saliaceae) forests; in the south, itis found in foothills and mountains at elevations up to ¢. 2100 m. It can live in modestly degraded rangelands.
Sciuridae
biology_ecology
Movements, Home range and Social organization. The Red-cheeked Ground Squirrel appears to be solitary and lives in loose but often large colonies. High-pitched vocalizations are frequently heard at colonies.
Sciuridae
breeding
Breeding. The Red-cheeked Ground Squirrel inhabits burrows with a vegetation-lined nest chamber in which young are born. Males appear to emerge slightly before females in spring. Litter sizes are large, reportedly 7 - 9 young.
Sciuridae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2437318.