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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER SCIUROMORPHA
--> FAMILY Sciuridae
--> SUBFAMILY Xerinae
--> TRIBE Marmotini
--> GENUS Spermophilus
--> SUBGENUS Callospermophilus
SPECIES Spermophilus (Callospermophilus) saturatus
| Author: | Rhoads, 1895. | | Citation: | Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 47: 43. | | Common Name: | Cascade Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel | | Type Locality: | "Lake Kichelos [= Keechelus], Kittitas Co., Wash[ingto]n, (elevation 8,000 feet [2,438 m])." | | Distribution: | Cascade Mtns of W Washington (USA) and SW British Columbia (Canada). | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Subgenus Callospermophilus (Hall, 1981:409). Gromov et al. (1965:150) considered Callospermophilus a subgenus of genus Otospermophilus. Reviewed by Trombulak (1988, Mammalian Species No. 322). Molecular sequence data indicate that this species is basal to other Callospermophilus (Harrison et al., 2003). |
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