- Burrowing rodent - Ground squirrel - One of several North American burrowing rodents of the
genera Geomys and Thomomys, of the family Geomyidae; -- called also
pocket gopher and pouched rat. See Pocket gopher, and Tucan. - One of several western American species of the genus
Spermophilus, of the family Sciuridae; as, the gray gopher
(Spermophilus Franklini) and the striped gopher (S. tridecemlineatus);
-- called also striped prairie squirrel, leopard marmot, and leopard
spermophile. See Spermophile. - A large land tortoise (Testudo Carilina) of the Southern
United States, which makes extensive burrows. - A large burrowing snake (Spilotes Couperi) of the Southern
United States.
- Ground squirrel - Large burrowing rodent - Any rodent of the genus Arctomys. The common European
marmot (A. marmotta) is about the size of a rabbit, and inhabits the
higher regions of the Alps and Pyrenees. The bobac is another European
species. The common American species (A. monax) is the woodchuck. - Any one of several species of ground squirrels or gophers
of the genus Spermophilus; also, the prairie dog.
- North American squirrel - A squirrel-like animal of the genus Tamias, sometimes
called the striped squirrel, chipping squirrel, ground squirrel,
hackee. The common species of the United States is the Tamias striatus.