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--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER SCIUROMORPHA
--> FAMILY Sciuridae
--> SUBFAMILY Xerinae
--> TRIBE Marmotini
--> GENUS Spermophilus
--> SUBGENUS Callospermophilus
SPECIES Spermophilus (Callospermophilus) madrensis
Author: | Merriam, 1901. | Citation: | Proc. Washington Acad. Sci., 3: 563. | Common Name: | Sierra Madre Ground Squirrel | Type Locality: | "from Sierra Madre, near Guadalupe y Calvo, Chihuahua, Mexico (7,000 feet [2134 m] altitude)." | Distribution: | SW Chihuahua (Mexico). | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (nt). | Comments: | Subgenus Callospermophilus (Hall, 1981:410). Gromov et al. (1965:150) considered Callospermophilus a subgenus of the genus Otospermophilus. S. madrensis and S. lateralis are sister species (Harrison et al., 2003). Reviewed by Best and Thomas (1991b, Mammalian Species No. 378). |
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