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title: "Richardson's Ground Squirrel"
description: "Urocitellus richardsonii — Mamíferos. Richardson's ground squirrel, also known as the dakrat or flickertail, is a North American ground squirrel in the genus Urocitellus."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/richardson-s-ground-squirrel
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Richardson's Ground Squirrel

> Urocitellus richardsonii — Mamíferos. Richardson's ground squirrel, also known as the dakrat or flickertail, is a North American ground squirrel in the genus Urocitellus.

- Scientific name: *Urocitellus richardsonii*
- Category: `mammals` (Mamíferos)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Campos e prados)
- iNaturalist observations: 5661
- Wikidata: [Q21730517](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21730517)
- iNaturalist taxon: [180002](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/180002)

## Names

- en: Richardson's Ground Squirrel
- de: Richardson-Ziesel
- es: Ardilla de Richardson
- fr: Spermophile de Richardson
- nl: Richardsongrondeekhoorn
- pl: Susłogon preriowy

## Countries with the most observations

CA (4679), US (609)

## Summary

Richardson's ground squirrel, also known as the dakrat or flickertail, is a North American ground squirrel in the genus Urocitellus. Like a number of other ground squirrels, they are sometimes called prairie dogs or gophers, though the latter name belongs more strictly to the pocket gophers of family Geomyidae, and the former to members of the genus Cynomys.

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

## Photo

![Richardson's Ground Squirrel](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/richardson-s-ground-squirrel/medium.jpg)

Photo: Robert McLeod · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/51761853

## Machine access

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