HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER SCIUROMORPHA
--> FAMILY Sciuridae
--> SUBFAMILY Xerinae
--> TRIBE Marmotini
--> GENUS Spermophilus
--> SUBGENUS Otospermophilus
SPECIES Spermophilus (Otospermophilus) beecheyi
Author: | Richardson, 1829. | Citation: | Fauna Boreali-Americana, 1: 170. | Common Name: | California Ground Squirrel | Type Locality: | "neighborhood of San Francisco and Monterey, in Calfornia." Restricted by Grinnell (1933) to Monterey, Monterey Co., California, USA. | Distribution: | W Washington (USA) to Baja California Norte (Mexico). | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Subgenus Otospermophilus (Hall, 1981:401). |
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