HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER SCIUROMORPHA
--> FAMILY Sciuridae
--> SUBFAMILY Xerinae
--> TRIBE Marmotini
--> GENUS Spermophilus
--> SUBGENUS Spermophilus
--> SPECIES townsendii
SUBSPECIES Spermophilus (Spermophilus) townsendii townsendii
Author: | Bachman, 1839. | Citation: | J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 8: 61. | Type Locality: | "On the Columbia River, about 300 miles [483 km] above its mouth." Restricted by A. H. Howell (1938:60, 62) to west bank of Walla Walla River near confluence with Columbia River [near Wallula, Walla Walla Co., Washington, USA]. | |
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