The genome sequence of the European ground squirrel, <i>Spermophilus citellus</i> (Linnaeus, 1766)

We present a genome assembly from a female <i>Spermophilus citellus</i> (European ground squirrel; Chordata; Mammalia; Rodentia; Sciuridae). The genome sequence has a total length of 3,090.03 megabases. Most of the assembly (95.47%) is scaffolded into 20 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the X sex chromosome. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled, with a length of 16.45 kilobases.