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: a widely distributed western No. American burrowing squirrel (Citellus tridecemlineatus) that is grayish brown and marked with a series of longitudinal white lines more or less broken into discrete spots — called also leopard squirrel, striped ground squirrel

a brownish ground squirrel, Citellus tridecemlineatus, of prairie regions of the U.S., having cream-colored stripes extending along its back and sides. Also called thirteen-lined gopher, striped spermophile.