|
HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER SCIUROMORPHA
--> FAMILY Sciuridae
--> SUBFAMILY Xerinae
--> TRIBE Marmotini
--> GENUS Spermophilus
--> SUBGENUS Xerospermophilus
SPECIES Spermophilus (Xerospermophilus) tereticaudus
| Author: | Baird, 1858. | | Citation: | Mammalia, in Repts. U.S. Expl. Surv., 8(1): 315. | | Common Name: | Round-tailed Ground Squirrel | | Type Locality: | [Old] "Fort Yuma" [Imperial Co., California, USA]. | | Distribution: | Deserts of SE California, S Nevada, W Arizona (USA), NE Baja California and Sonora (Mexico). | | Status: | U.S. ESA – Candidate taxon as S. t. chlorus; IUCN – Data Deficient as S. t. chlorus, otherwise Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Subgenus Xerospermophilus (Hall, 1981:405). Reviewed by Ernest and Mares (1987, Mammalian Species No. 274). See also mohavensis. |
|
| |
|
|
