Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Long-tailed Ground SquirrelThe long-tailed ground squirrel is a medium-sized, ground-dwelling squirrel of Central Asia. A Mongolian study found several genetically distinct regional groups.What does it look like?It is described as a medium-bodied, ground-dwelling squirrel of Central Asia.How does it live?The long-tailed ground squirrel is a medium-sized, ground-dwelling squirrel of Central Asia. A Mongolian study found several genetically distinct regional groups.It is ground-dwelling. In Mongolian samples, eastern and western populations formed deeply divergent genetic lineages.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.