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--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER SCIUROMORPHA
--> FAMILY Sciuridae
--> SUBFAMILY Xerinae
--> TRIBE Marmotini
--> GENUS Spermophilus
--> SUBGENUS Otospermophilus
SPECIES Spermophilus (Otospermophilus) atricapillus
Author: | W. Bryant, 1889. | Citation: | Proc. California Acad. Sci., ser. 2, 2: 26. | Common Name: | Baja California Rock Squirrel | Type Locality: | "Comondu, Lower California" [Baja California Sur, Mexico]. | Distribution: | Baja California (Mexico). | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Subgenus Otospermophilus (Hall, 1981:402). Sister species to beecheyi (Harrison et al., 2003). Reviewed by Alvarez-Casteñeda et al. (1996, Mammalian Species No. 521). |
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