# Yellow ground squirrel

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{{Short description|Species of rodent}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = Yellow ground squirrel
| image = Spermophilus fulvus Baikonur 02.jpg
| image2 = Желтый суслик на закате у норы.jpg
| status = LC 
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |author=Cassola, F. |date=2017 |title=''Spermophilus fulvus'' |volume=2017 |article-number=e.T20484A22263403 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T20484A22263403.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref>
| genus = Spermophilus
| species = fulvus
| authority = ([Lichtenstein](/source/Hinrich_Lichtenstein), 1823)
}}

The '''yellow ground squirrel''' ('''''Spermophilus fulvus''''') is a large and sturdy [ground squirrel](/source/ground_squirrel) species native to [Afghanistan](/source/Afghanistan), [China](/source/China), [Iran](/source/Iran), [Kazakhstan](/source/Kazakhstan), [Tajikistan](/source/Tajikistan), [Turkmenistan](/source/Turkmenistan), [Uzbekistan](/source/Uzbekistan) and [Russia](/source/Russia). It inhabits sandy [steppes](/source/steppes) with [Artemisia](/source/Artemisia_(plant)), [glasswort](/source/glasswort) and [tamarisk](/source/tamarisk).<ref name=iucn/>

The yellow ground squirrel has naked soles on the hind feet excluding heels. It lives in large colonies, is strictly diurnal and forages mainly in the morning when the vegetation is still damp. Its diet includes [bulbs](/source/bulbs), [seeds](/source/seeds), [stem](/source/Plant_stem)s and [leaves](/source/leaves). It hibernates, but it may also [aestivate](/source/aestivate).<ref name=Aulagnier>{{cite book |author1=Aulagnier S. |author2=Haffner, P. |author3=Mitchell-Jones, A. J.  |author4=Moutou, F. |author5=Zima, J. |year=2009 |title=Mammals of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East |publisher=A&C Black |place=London}}</ref>

==References==
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Category:Spermophilus
Category:Mammals of Afghanistan
Category:Mammals of the Middle East
Category:Mammals described in 1823
Category:Taxa named by Hinrich Lichtenstein
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

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