Simplify the following text for a Grade 3 native English-speaking person.
Original: The thirteen-lined ground squirrel ( Ictidomys tridecemlineatus ) , also known as the striped gopher , leopard ground squirrel , squinney , and as the leopard-spermophile in Audubonâ s day , is a ground squirrel .
Simplified: The Thirteen-lined ground squirrel is a kind of Squirrel .