Wildlife

Thirteen-lined ground squirrel

Spermophilus tridecemlineatus
Thirteen-lined ground squirrel
Habitat
Great Falls
Conservation
Secure
First Observed
1805-07-01

Lewis described a living specimen caught near Great Falls. Favoring short, dry grasslands, they are now widespread.

Journal References

15 journal entries mention Thirteen-lined ground squirrel

Sep 11 1803
Seaman Catches Squirrels Swimming Across the Ohio
...down the Ohio River, they encountered large numbers of gray squirrels swimming across the river—a mass migration phenomenon well documented in the early American ...
Sep 7 1804
John Ordway: September 7, 1804
...esembles them nearly except the tail which is like a Ground Squirrel, they will Stand on their hind feet & look &. C. we Camped on the South Side near the Steeple of th...
Mar 31 1805
Fort Mandan, preparing for departure — Patrick Gass: March 31, 1805
...t colour. Yester- “day: “onélof the men caught a small squirrel, like a ground squirrel, but of a more dun colour, and more — - spotted. We finished the boat thi...
Jul 8 1805
Great Falls Portage — Patrick Gass: July 8, 1805
... of a light colour. Yesterday one of the men caught a small squirrel, like a ground squirrel, but of a more dun colour, and more spotted. We finished the boat this even...
Sep 1 1805
North Fork Salmon River, impassable route — Patrick Gass: September 1, 1805
...HE forenoon we killed some pheasants and ducks, and a small squirrel. In the afternoon we had a good deal of rain, and the worst road (if road it can be called) that wa...
Sep 2 1805
North Fork Salmon River, impassable route — Patrick Gass: September 2, 1805
...HE forenoon we killed some pheasants and ducks, and a small squirrel. In the afternoon we had a good deal of rain, and the worst road (if road it can be called) that wa...
Oct 21 1805
Columbia River near Wallula Gap — Patrick Gass: October 21, 1805
...e saw among them some small robes made of the skins of grey squirrels, some racoon skins, and acorns, which are signs of a timbered coun- try not far distant. Having pr...
Oct 26 1805
Celilo Falls and The Dalles portage — Patrick Gass: October 26, 1805
...the falls. Some hunters went out and killed 6 deer and some squirrels. In the after- noon about 20 of the natives came to our camp (among whom were the head chiefs of t...
Oct 27 1805
Celilo Falls and The Dalles portage — Patrick Gass: October 27, 1805
... evening our hunters came in and had killed 4 deer and some squirrels. The wind blew hard all this day.
Nov 18 1805
Patrick Gass: November 18, 1805
...In the evening our hunters came in with a deer, 2 brants, a squirrel, a hawk, and a flounder, which the tide had thrown on a sand-bar. The Indians still remained with u...
Dec 21 1805
Building and occupying Fort Clatsop — Patrick Gass: December 21, 1805
...e saw among them some small robes made of the skins of grey squirrels, some racoon skins, and acorns, which are signs of a timbered coun- try not far distant. Having pr...
Dec 27 1805
Fort Clatsop, salt works established — Patrick Gass: December 27, 1805
... evening our hunters came in and had killed 4 deer and some squirrels. The wind blew hard all this day.
Apr 16 1806
Columbia near The Dalles, trading for horses — Patrick Gass: April 16, 1806
...in the evening and had killed two deer, some ducks and four squirrels, three of a beautiful speckled kind, and as large as a common grey squirrel, but the tail not so b...
Jun 12 1806
Bitterroot crossing attempt, turned back by snow — Patrick Gass: June 12, 1806
...d by the natives. There is no game of any other kind except squirrels and some other small animals. The squirrels are about the size of our common grey squirrels, and v...
Jun 30 1806
Lewis: June 30, 1806
...ly recovers and we both escaped unhirt. I saw a small grey squirrel today much like those of the Pacific coast only that the belly of this was white. I also met with ...

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