DCHP-1 Online
Franklin ground squirrel [< Sir John Franklin, English explorer, 1786-1847] 
a gray ground squirrel, Spermophilus franklini, found on the prairies.
- 1941 The gray or Franklin ground squirrel [is] notable for its loud, ringing, musical call-note.
- 1955 Apparently he was even more interested in nature study, for he described many plants, animals, and birds of Alberta, which he named for himself and Sir John Franklin--the Franklin ground squirrel, the common Franklin gull, the Richardson kangaroo rat. . . .
- 1941 The gray or Franklin ground squirrel [is] notable for its loud, ringing, musical call-note.