---
title: "Wyoming Ground Squirrel"
description: "Urocitellus elegans — Zoogdieren. The Wyoming ground squirrel (Urocitellus elegans) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/wyoming-ground-squirrel
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Wyoming Ground Squirrel

> Urocitellus elegans — Zoogdieren. The Wyoming ground squirrel (Urocitellus elegans) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.

- Scientific name: *Urocitellus elegans*
- Category: `mammals` (Zoogdieren)
- Habitats: `mountains` (Bergen)
- iNaturalist observations: 1865
- Wikidata: [Q21730473](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21730473)
- iNaturalist taxon: [179999](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/179999)

## Names

- en: Wyoming Ground Squirrel
- de: Wyoming-Ziesel

## Countries with the most observations

US (1551)

## Summary

The Wyoming ground squirrel (Urocitellus elegans) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to the mountain west of the United States.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Michael W Belitz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/28835945

## Machine access

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