squirrel na Mantled Ground squirrel wani nau'in rodent ne wanda ke cikin dangin Sciuridae. Ya fito ne daga Amurka ta tsakiya da wasu sassan Kudancin Amurka. Kalmar “mantled” a cikin wannan mahallin tana nufin samun alkyabba ko sutura, wanda ke nufin gashin squirrel. Jawo a bayansa yana da duhu launin ruwan kasa ko baƙar fata, tare da alkyabba mai launin haske ko faci akan kafadu. Kalmar “ƙasa” a cikin sunanta tana nufin fifikonta na zama a ƙasa maimakon a bishiya, kuma “ƙuƙuwa” na nuni da rarrabuwar danginta a matsayin wani nau’in ƙananan dabbobi masu shayarwa da jela mai kurmi.