Nevada mammals

Belding's Ground Squirrel in Nevada

Urocitellus beldingi

Native to Nevada S5 Secure in Nevada

Not listed as nonindigenous in Nevada by USGS NAS; native to its Nevada range.

IUCN Red List status

  1. LC
  2. NT
  3. VU
  4. EN
  5. CR
  6. EW
  7. EX

LC – Least Concern

Widespread and abundant; not at risk.

Belding's Ground Squirrel in Nevada, by the numbers

Occasional in Nevada 53rd most recorded of 142 mammals logged in Nevada

279 occurrence records
65 with iNaturalist photos
Jun 4, 2026 Last seen in Nevada

279 total records count every Nevada occurrence from GBIF and iNaturalist; the map plots a georeferenced sample of 277; the monthly chart covers the 276 records with a full observation date.

When to look for the Belding's Ground Squirrel in Nevada

Most sightings fall in June to July.

276 Nevada occurrence records (iNaturalist and GBIF) by month of year. Shows when the species is recorded, not a guarantee of presence.

Monthly Nevada records (table)
MonthRecords
January0
February0
March8
April17
May38
June78
July102
August32
September0
October0
November0
December1

Monthly belding's ground squirrel occurrence records (iNaturalist and GBIF) in Nevada.

Seasonality

Year-round in Nevada, with recorded sightings peaking in June–July.

Occurrence map

Where Belding's Ground Squirrel has been recorded in Nevada

277 records mapped · zoom and drag to explore

277 Nevada records mapped

Notable places to look

Park, forest, or monumentiNaturalist records
Pine Forest Range Wilderness Area 10
Mt. Rose Wilderness 9
Toiyabe National Forest 4
Humboldt National Forest 4
Ruby Mountains 1
Kingston Canyon Wildlife Management Area 1
Ruby Mountains Wilderness 1
Kershaw-Ryan State Park 1

Protected places with the most belding's ground squirrel sightings, from the USGS Protected Areas Database plus named mountain ranges, good spots to look, not a full breakdown, so they don't sum to the total.

Where it's recorded in Nevada

CountyRecords
Elko County 113
Washoe County 61
Humboldt County 37
Lander County 34
Nye County 11
Douglas County 11
White Pine County 5
Eureka County 2
Lincoln County 1
Lyon County 1
Clark County 1
Other localities 2

The complete county distribution, spread across 11 Nevada counties. Every occurrence record falls in one county, so these sum to the total. Counties from GBIF and US Census boundaries.

National Forest and Ruby Mountains. They show where people have reported it, not how many animals live there.

These sites tie the Nevada record pattern to the state’s long mountain spine. Records from separate ranges matter because Nevada’s high country is broken into isolated peaks. The strongest reporting falls in Nevada’s cooler months, when desert travel is easier. That’s a record pattern, not proof that the animal is more numerous then.

The file combines 65 research-grade iNaturalist records and 270 GBIF records. Those 335 records measure documented encounters, not Nevada’s population size. It’s native to Nevada. Nevada doesn’t specifically list it under the state’s conservation framework, and the IUCN lists it as Least Concern.

Occurrence data from iNaturalist and GBIF.

More mammals in Nevada in the atlas

Data & sources

The data and visualizations on this page draw on these open sources:

  • GBIFCC-BY 4.0occurrence records behind the range map, elevation, and record counts
  • iNaturalistCC0 / CC-BY / CC-BY-SAobservations, photos, and audio recordings
  • NatureServe ExplorerCC-BYthe state conservation rank
  • IUCN Red Listattributed factthe global conservation status
  • USGS NASpublic domainnative / introduced status
  • Natural Earthpublic domainthe relief basemap
  • USFSpublic domainnational-forest boundaries
  • USGS Protected Areas Databasepublic domainthe named parks, forests, and refuges behind "notable places to look"