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--> SUBFAMILY Xerinae
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--> GENUS Spermophilus
--> SUBGENUS Ictidomys
SPECIES Spermophilus (Ictidomys) mexicanus
Author: | Erxleben, 1777. | Citation: | Syst. Regn. Anim., 1: 428. | Common Name: | Mexican Ground Squirrel | Type Locality: | "in nova Hispania?" Restricted by Mearns (1896:443) to "Toluca, [Mexico,] Mexico." | Distribution: | S New Mexico and W Texas (USA) to Jalisco and S Puebla (C Mexico). | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Subgenus Ictidomys (Hall, 1981:394). Known to hybridize at several localities with tridecemlineatus (Cothran and Honeycutt, 1984; Cothran et al., 1977). Reviewed by Young and Jones (1982, Mammalian Species No. 164). |
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