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SPECIES Spermophilus (see comments) columbianus
Author: | Ord, 1815. | Citation: | In Guthrie, New Geogr., Hist., Coml. Grammar, Philadelphia, 2nd ed., 2: 292. | Common Name: | Columbian Ground Squirrel | Type Locality: | "Between the forks of the Clearwater and Kooskooskie rivers," [Idaho Co., Idaho, USA]. | Distribution: | SE British Columbia and W Alberta (Canada) to NE Oregon, C Idaho, and C Montana (USA). | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Subgenus Urocitellus according to Gromov et al. (1965:196), but Hall (1981:381) included Urocitellus in subgenus Spermophilus. Chromosomes described by Nadler et al. (1975a). Reviewed by Elliot and Flinders (1991, Mammalian Species No. 372). |
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