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GENUS Ammospermophilus

Author:Merriam, 1892.
Citation:Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 7: 27.
Type Species:Spermophilus leucurus Merriam, 1892.
Comments:Tribe Otospermophilini (Gromov et al., 1965), Marmotini, or Ammospermophilini. Formerly included in Spermophilus (Hershkovitz, 1949b); Bryant (1945) considered Ammospermophilus a distinct genus. Recent sequence, biochemical and chromosomal data support Bryant's recognition of generic status and basal position among ground squirrels (Harrison et al., 2003).
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SPECIES harrisii

SUBSPECIES harrisii

SUBSPECIES saxicolus

SPECIES insularis

SPECIES interpres

SPECIES leucurus

SUBSPECIES leucurus

SUBSPECIES canfieldiae

SUBSPECIES cinamomeus

SUBSPECIES escalante

SUBSPECIES extimus

SUBSPECIES notom

SUBSPECIES peninsulae

SUBSPECIES pennipes

SUBSPECIES tersus

SPECIES nelsoni

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