thirteen-lined ground squirrel

species of mammal
Taxon Q960501

Facts

11 properties
Instance of
taxon
Short name
S. tridecemlineatus[9]
Diel cycle
diurnality[14]
Gestation period
+4[13]
Has characteristic
viviparity[8]
Original combination
Sciurus tridecemlineatus[6]
Taxon common name
Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel, Dreizehnstreifenziesel, Mexikanischer Ziesel[10][11][12]
Taxon name
Spermophilus tridecemlineatus[5]
Taxon rank
species[2]
🏷️ Also known as
en Ictidomys tridecemlineatus en Spermophilus tridecemlineatus en thirteen-lined ground squirrel en Thirteen-lined ground squirrel ar سنجاب الارض المخطط de Dreizehnstreifenziesel de Mexikanischer Ziesel fa سنجاب زمینی پلنگی fr spermophile rayé fr Spermophilus tridecemlineatus ja ジュウサンセンジリス ko 열세줄땅다람쥐 nl dertienstreepgrondeekhoorn pl Paskosuseł lamparci sv Spermophilus tridecemlineatus
🔖 Identifiers · 16
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
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Catalogue of Life ID
4YKBF
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
animal/13-lined-ground-squirrel
Fossilworks taxon ID
51723
Freebase ID
/m/0gvm_v
GBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)
2437302
IRMNG ID
11122139
ITIS TSN
180162
J9U entity ID
987007534010105171
MSW ID
12401102
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2910922680
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Open Tree of Life ID
989655
Paleobiology Database taxon ID
51723
Sequenced genome URL
www.ensembl.org

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Parent taxon 2
Diel cycle 1
Instance of 1
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Summary

thirteen-lined ground squirrel is a taxon[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Grzimeks Enzyklopädie. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Evolution and spectral tuning of visual pigments in birds and mammals. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Jfpierce · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic → viviparity
    "Created claim: Has characteristic: viviparity"
  2. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gestation period → 4 week
    Parent taxon → Spermophilus, Ictidomys
    Diel cycle → diurnality
    Instance of → taxon
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim qualifiers: J9U entity ID: 987007534010105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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