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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaChordataMammaliaRodentiaSciuridaeIctidomys

Thirteen-Lined Ground Squirrel
Ictidomys tridecemlineatus (Mitchill, 1821)

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Rodentia
Family Sciuridae
Genus Ictidomys
Species Ictidomys tridecemlineatus (Mitchill, 1821)

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Accidental

Distribution

Range

Counties

County-level records have not been compiled for this taxon. Distribution is recorded at state and karst-region level.

Conservation and management

IUCN Red List

LC Least Concern

EXEWCRENVUNTLC▲

Assessed in 2016.

NatureServe

G5 Secure

G1G2G3G4G5▲

National ranks

United States
N5 Secure
Canada
N5 Secure

Subnational ranks

Indiana
S4 Apparently Secure
Texas
S5 Secure
Missouri
S2 Imperiled
ND
SNR Unranked
Utah
S3 Vulnerable
Kansas
S5 Secure
South Dakota
S5 Secure
Wisconsin
S5 Secure
Iowa
S5 Secure
Colorado
S5 Secure
Arizona
S2 Imperiled
Pennsylvania
SNA Not Applicable
Minnesota
SNR Unranked
Oklahoma
SNR Unranked
Montana
S5 Secure
Michigan
S5 Secure
Ohio
SNR Unranked
Wyoming
S5 Secure
Illinois
S5 Secure
New Mexico
S4 Apparently Secure
NE
S5 Secure
Saskatchewan
S5 Secure
Alberta
SU Unrankable
Manitoba
S5 Secure

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

How to cite this account

Ictidomys tridecemlineatus (Mitchill, 1821). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2531. https://cavebiology.org/species/ictidomys-tridecemlineatus/ (accessed 7 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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