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SPECIES Spermophilus (Callospermophilus) lateralis

Author:Say, 1823.
Citation:In Long, Account Exped. Pittsburgh to Rocky Mtns, 2: 46.
Common Name:Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel
Type Locality:"near Cañon City." Restricted by Merriam (1905:163) to Arkansas River, about 26 mi. [42 km] below Canyon City, Fremont Co., Colorado (USA).
Distribution:Montane W North America, from C British Columbia to S New Mexico in the Rocky Mtns, and the Columbia River south to S California and Nevada.
Status:IUCN – Data Deficient as S. l. wortmani; otherwise Lower Risk (lc).
Comments:Subgenus Callospermophilus (Hall, 1981:382-406). Gromov et al. (1965:70;150), in contrast to Hall (1981) considered Callospermophilus a subgenus of the genus Otospermophilus. Reviewed by Bartels and Thompson (1993, Mammalian Species No. 440).
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SUBSPECIES lateralis

SUBSPECIES arizonensis

SUBSPECIES bernardinus

SUBSPECIES castanurus

SUBSPECIES certus

SUBSPECIES chrysodeirus

SUBSPECIES cinerascens

SUBSPECIES connectens

SUBSPECIES mitratus

SUBSPECIES tescorum

SUBSPECIES trepidus

SUBSPECIES trinitatus

SUBSPECIES wortmani

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