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GENUS Ammospermophilus
Author: | Merriam, 1892. | Citation: | Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 7: 27. | Type Species: | Spermophilus leucurus Merriam, 1892. | Comments: | Tribe Otospermophilini (Gromov et al., 1965), Marmotini, or Ammospermophilini. Formerly included in Spermophilus (Hershkovitz, 1949b); Bryant (1945) considered Ammospermophilus a distinct genus. Recent sequence, biochemical and chromosomal data support Bryant's recognition of generic status and basal position among ground squirrels (Harrison et al., 2003). |
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