Common Name
Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel
Order
Rodentia
Family
Sciuridae
Species Name
Ictidomys tridecemlineatus
States
Arkansas
Arizona
Colorado
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Montana
North Dakota
Nebraska
New Mexico
Ohio
Oklahoma
South Dakota
Texas
Utah
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Distribution
Great Plains, from central Texas to eastern Utah, Ohio, and south central Canada.
Notes
Nearly half the year may be spent in hibernation. Abundant along rights-of-way and roadsides. Hibernates up to six months. Small with (usually) 13 alternating dark (w/spots) & light stripes. Found in grassy or open wooded or shrubland.