Also souslik, -lic, suslic. [a. Russ. суслнкь. Cf. F. souslic, -lik.] A species of ground-squirrel, Spermophilus citillus (or other related species), found in Europe and Asia.
1774. trans. Stæhlin’s Acc. North. Archipelago, 32. The speckled field-mouse (Mus Citellus), which they call Jewraschki or Suslik.
1833. Penny Cycl., I. 441/2. The zizel or souslic marmot. Ibid. (1842), XXII. 270/1. The sousliks are very quarrelsome among themselves.
1896. Lydekker, Brit. Mammals, 300. Voles,… Picas,… and Susliks.
