The Barbary ground squirrel is a striped, ground-dwelling squirrel of rocky northwestern Africa. It digs burrows and can live socially.
It has a large head, reddish-brown and pale-dark stripes along its back, a whitish belly and a bushy tail.
It is terrestrial and digs burrows in rocky places. It may live close to other squirrels.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.