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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER SCIUROMORPHA
--> FAMILY Sciuridae
--> SUBFAMILY Xerinae
--> TRIBE Marmotini
--> GENUS Spermophilus
--> SUBGENUS Xerospermophilus
SPECIES Spermophilus (Xerospermophilus) mohavensis
| Author: | Merriam, 1889. | | Citation: | N. Am. Fauna, 2: 15. | | Common Name: | Mohave Ground Squirrel | | Type Locality: | "Mohave River, California [USA]." Restricted by Grinnell and Dixon (1918) to near Rabbit Springs, about 15 mi. (24 km) E Hesperia, San Bernardino Co. | | Distribution: | NW Mohave Desert and Owens Valley (S California, USA). | | Status: | IUCN – Vulnerable. | | Comments: | Subgenus Xerospermophilus; (Hall, 1981:405). Most closely related to S. tereticaudus (Hafner and Yates, 1983); hybridizes at three localities, but the hybrid zone is narrow and stable (Hafner, 1992). Reviewed by Best (1995i, Mammalian Species No. 509). |
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