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--> ORDER RODENTIA
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--> FAMILY Sciuridae
--> SUBFAMILY Xerinae
--> TRIBE Marmotini
--> GENUS Spermophilus
--> SUBGENUS Poliocitellus
SPECIES Spermophilus (Poliocitellus) franklinii
| Author: | Sabine, 1822. | | Citation: | Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., 13: 587. | | Common Name: | Franklin's Ground Squirrel | | Type Locality: | None specified. Restricted by Preble (1908:165) to Carlton House, Saskatchewan, Canada. | | Distribution: | N Great Plains; Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba (Canada), south to Kansas, Illinois, and Indiana (USA). | | Status: | IUCN – Vulnerable. | | Comments: | Subgenus Poliocitellus (Hall, 1981:397). Molecular sequence data (Harrison et al., 2003) group this species with Xerospermophilus, Ictidomys and Cynomys. Reviewed by Ostroff and Finck (2003, Mammalian Species No. 724). |
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