1. Small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches
   - eastern chipmunk, hackee, striped squirrel, Tamias striatus 
2. Any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops
   - gopher, spermophile

Derived forms: ground squirrels

Type of: squirrel

Part of: Citellus, genus Citellus, genus Spermophilus, genus Tamias, Spermophilus, Tamias

Encyclopedia: Ground squirrel

• family Oxalidaceae
• family Oxyuridae
• family Paeoniaceae
• family Paguridae
• family Palaemonidae
• family Palinuridae
• family Palmaceae
• family Palmae
• family Pandanaceae
• family Pandionidae
• family Panorpidae
• family Papaveraceae
• family Papilionacea
• family Paradisaeidae
• family Paridae
• family Parkeriaceae
• family Parmeliaceae
• family Parulidae
• family Passeridae
• family Passifloraceae
• family Patellidae
• family Pectinidae
• family Pedaliaceae
• family Pediculidae
• family Pelecanidae