mantled ground squirrel

Definitions of mantled ground squirrel
  1. noun
    common black-striped reddish-brown ground squirrel of western North America; resembles a large chipmunk
    synonyms: Citellus lateralis
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    type of:
    gopher, ground squirrel, spermophile
    any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops
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