The European ground squirrel (Spermophilus citellus), also known as the European souslik, is a species from the squirrel family, Sciuridae. [2] It is among the few European species in the genus Spermophilus.

The European ground squirrel (Spermophilus citellus ), also known as the European souslik, is a species from the squirrel family, Sciuridae. It is among the few European species in the genus Spermophilus. Like all squirrels, it is a member of the rodent order.

Eu­ro­pean ground squir­rels (Sper­mophilus citel­lus) are na­tive to south­east Eu­rope. There are two main sec­tions of their dis­tri­b­u­tion.

The European souslik Spermophilus citellus is endemic to Europe. Its populations became increasingly fragmented and are facing serious declines across most of its range throughout last decades.

Spermophilus citelloides, sometimes called the Pannonian souslik, [1] is an extinct species of ground squirrel in the squirrel family (Sciuridae). It was distributed in Central and Eastern Europe from the middle Pleistocene (Holsteinian) to the early Holocene.

2025年1月12日 · The European souslik is an endangered species of ground squirrel, and in decline throughout Europe. Although it is absent from Germany today, and the nearest populations can be found in neighbouring Bohemia, this had not always been so.

The European ground squirrel (Spermophilus citellus), otherwise known at the European souslik or simply souslik, is an endangered rodent species and is one of Europe’s rarest mammals.

The speckled ground squirrel or spotted souslik (Spermophilus suslicus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae from Eastern Europe. [2] Spermophilus suslicus consists of three subspecies: S. s. boristhenicus, S. s. guttatus, and S. s. suslicus.[3]

2022年5月10日 · The European ground squirrel, also known as the souslik (Spermophilus citellus), has a voracious appetite for veggies. At least 80 percent of its diet is composed of the flowers, leaves, fruits, and seedlings of various grasses and forbs, including this Papaver rhoeas poppy near Hungary’s Balaton Lake, central Europe’s largest body of ...

The European ground squirrel (Spermophilus citellus), also known as the European souslik, is a species from the squirrel family, Sciuridae. It is among the few European species in the genus Spermophilus. Like all squirrels, it is a member of the rodent order.