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--> ORDER RODENTIA
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--> FAMILY Sciuridae
--> SUBFAMILY Xerinae
--> TRIBE Marmotini
--> GENUS Spermophilus
--> SUBGENUS Spermophilus
SPECIES Spermophilus (Spermophilus) canus
Author: | Merriam, 1898. | Citation: | Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 12: 70. | Common Name: | Merriam's Ground Squirrel | Type Locality: | "Antelope, Wasco County, Oregon." [USA]. | Distribution: | USA: E Oregon, except NE and SE corners; extreme NW Nevada; W side of Snake River in WC Idaho. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Subgenus Spermophilus (Hall, 1981:383). Includes vigilis (see Vorontsov and Lyapunova, 1970; Nadler et al., 1984, wherein that junior synonym was employed as the species name). Formerly considered a subspecies of townsendii (Hall, 1981:383-384), but differs in diploid chromosome number (Nadler et al., 1984). No hybridization between canus (2n=46) and adjacent mollis (2n=38) or townsendii (2n=36) has been reported (Rickart et al., 1985). Reviewed (in part) by Rickart (1987), as S. townsendii. |
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