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title: "Cascade Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel"
description: "Callospermophilus saturatus — Zoogdieren. The Cascade golden-mantled ground squirrel is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae, in the order Rodentia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/cascade-golden-mantled-ground-squirrel
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Cascade Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel

> Callospermophilus saturatus — Zoogdieren. The Cascade golden-mantled ground squirrel is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae, in the order Rodentia.

- Scientific name: *Callospermophilus saturatus*
- Category: `mammals` (Zoogdieren)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `mountains` (Bergen)
- iNaturalist observations: 3301
- Wikidata: [Q21727486](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21727486)
- iNaturalist taxon: [180009](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/180009)

## Names

- en: Cascade Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel
- de: Kaskaden-Goldmantelziesel
- es: Ardilla de las montañas de las Cascadas
- fr: Spermophile des Cascades
- pl: Pięknosuseł kaskadowy

## Countries with the most observations

US (2888), CA (351)

## Summary

The Cascade golden-mantled ground squirrel is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae, in the order Rodentia. It is the largest species of the three within the genus Callospermophilus. It is found in the Cascade Mountains in the province of British Columbia, Canada, and the state of Washington, United States.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cascade_golden-mantled_ground_squirrel

## Photo

![Cascade Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/cascade-golden-mantled-ground-squirrel/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andrew · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/305575561

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/cascade-golden-mantled-ground-squirrel?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).