The red-cheeked ground squirrel (Spermophilus erythrogenys) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.

[4] The head, neck and body are varying shades of grayish brown and there is a reddish-ochre patch on the bridge of the nose.

[2] The red-cheeked ground squirrel is distributed across the territory of the former Soviet Union, in Kazakhstan, Altai and Western Siberia, Mongolia and China (Xinjiang province).

Reproduction rates vary depending on the weather conditions and are reduced during a prolonged cold spring.

They are hunted for meat and skins for local trade but their population is stable and adjudged to be of least concern in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.