| Arctic ground squirrel | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Genus: | Urocitellus |
| Species: | U. parryii
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| Binomial name | |
| Urocitellus parryii Richardson, 1825
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| Subspecies | |
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10 ssp., see text | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Spermophilus parryii | |
The Arctic ground squirrel (Urocitellus parryii) (Inuktitut: ᓯᒃᓯᒃ, siksik)[2] is a species of ground squirrel native to the Arctic and Subarctic of North America and Asia. People in Alaska, particularly around the Aleutians, refer to them as "parka" squirrels, most likely because their pelt is good for the ruff on parkas and for clothing.[3]
- ^ Cassola, F. (2016). "Urocitellus parryii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T20488A22262403. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T20488A22262403.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Welcome to Tusaalanga | Inuktut Tusaalanga". tusaalanga.ca. Retrieved 2019-02-22.
- ^ Antarctica and the Arctic Circle: A Geographic Encyclopedia of the Earth's Polar Regions