HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER SCIUROMORPHA
--> FAMILY Sciuridae
--> SUBFAMILY Xerinae
--> TRIBE Marmotini
--> GENUS Ammospermophilus
SPECIES Ammospermophilus insularis
Author: | Nelson and Goldman, 1909. | Citation: | Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 22: 24. | Common Name: | Espiritu Santo Island Antelope Squirrel | Type Locality: | "Espiritu Santo Island, Lower California [=Baja California Sur], Mexico." | Distribution: | Known only from the type locality. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Considered a distinct species (Hall, 1981:381); may be most closely related to A. harrisii (Mascarello and Bolles, 1980). Reviewed by Best et al. (1990a, Mammalian Species No. 364). |
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