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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER SCIUROMORPHA
--> FAMILY Sciuridae
--> SUBFAMILY Xerinae
--> TRIBE Marmotini
--> GENUS Ammospermophilus
SPECIES Ammospermophilus interpres
| Author: | Merriam, 1890. | | Citation: | N. Am. Fauna, 4: 21. | | Common Name: | Texas Antelope Squirrel | | Type Locality: | "El Paso, [El Paso Co.], Texas [USA]." | | Distribution: | New Mexico and W Texas (USA) to Coahuila, Chihuahua, and Durango (Mexico). | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Most divergent species of the genus (Bolles, 1981), and probable primitive sister-species to remainder (Hafner, 1981). Reviewed by Best et al. (1990b, Mammalian Species No. 365). |
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