Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Vorontsov's Ground Squirrel being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Spermophilus erythrogenys
- Spermophilus citellus
- Spermophilus selevini
- Spermophilus musicus
- Urocitellus undulatus
- Ictidomys mexicanus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Sciuridae
- Genus
- Spermophilus
- Species
- Spermophilus vorontsovi
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