| Richardson's 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. richardsonii
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| Binomial name | |
| Urocitellus richardsonii (Sabine, 1822)
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| Synonyms | |
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Spermophilus richardsonii | |
Richardson's ground squirrel (Urocitellus richardsonii), 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.
- ^ Cassola, F. (2016). "Urocitellus richardsonii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T42561A22262546. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T42561A22262546.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.