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title: "Red-cheeked Ground Squirrel"
description: "Spermophilus erythrogenys — Zoogdieren. The red-cheeked ground squirrel (Spermophilus erythrogenys) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/red-cheeked-ground-squirrel
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Red-cheeked Ground Squirrel

> Spermophilus erythrogenys — Zoogdieren. The red-cheeked ground squirrel (Spermophilus erythrogenys) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.

- Scientific name: *Spermophilus erythrogenys*
- Category: `mammals` (Zoogdieren)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Weiden en velden)
- iNaturalist observations: 120
- Wikidata: [Q1766551](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1766551)
- iNaturalist taxon: [46046](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/46046)

## Names

- en: Red-cheeked Ground Squirrel
- de: Rotwangenziesel
- it: Citello dalle guance rosse
- pl: Suseł rudolicy

## Countries with the most observations

RU (104), KZ (6)

## Summary

The red-cheeked ground squirrel (Spermophilus erythrogenys) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is commonly referred to as the red-cheeked ground souslik and there are several recognized subspecies. It is found in central Asia. Spermophilus brunnescens (Belyaev, 1943), Spermophilus heptneri (Vasil'eva, 1964) and Spermophilus ungae (Martino, 1923) are accepted as synonyms. There is some controversy over whether Spermophilus pallidicauda and Spermophilus brevicauda should be regarded as synonyms or full species.

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

## Photo

![Red-cheeked Ground Squirrel](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-cheeked-ground-squirrel/medium.jpg)

Photo: Gustav Mützel · Public domain · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spermophilus_erythrogenys.jpg

## Machine access

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