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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER SCIUROMORPHA
--> FAMILY Sciuridae
--> SUBFAMILY Xerinae
--> TRIBE Marmotini
--> GENUS Spermophilus
--> SUBGENUS Ictidomys
SPECIES Spermophilus (Ictidomys) perotensis
| Author: | Merriam, 1893. | | Citation: | Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 8: 131. | | Common Name: | Perote Ground Squirrel | | Type Locality: | "Perote, Veracruz, Mexico." | | Distribution: | Veracruz and Puebla (EC Mexico). | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (nt). | | Comments: | Subgenus Ictidomys (Hall, 1981:397). Sister species to spilosoma (Harrison et al., 2003). Chromosomes described by Uribe-Alcocer et al. (1979). Reviewed by Best and Ceballos (1995, Mammalian Species No. 507). |
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