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SPECIES Spermophilus (Ictidomys) tridecemlineatus

Author:Mitchill, 1821.
Citation:Med. Repos. (NY), n.s., 6(21): 248.
Common Name:Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel
Type Locality:"...region bordering the sources of the river Mississippi..."; restricted by J. A. Allen (1895b:338) to C Minnesota [USA].
Distribution:Great Plains, from C Texas to E Utah, Ohio (USA) and SC Canada.
Status:IUCN – Data Deficient as S. t. alleni, otherwise Lower Risk (lc).
Comments:Subgenus Ictidomys (Hall, 1981:391). Reviewed by Streubel and Fitzgerald (1978b, Mammalian Species No. 103). See also comment under mexicanus.
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SUBSPECIES tridecemlineatus

SUBSPECIES alleni

SUBSPECIES arenicola

SUBSPECIES blanca

SUBSPECIES hollisteri

SUBSPECIES monticola

SUBSPECIES olivaceous

SUBSPECIES pallidus

SUBSPECIES parvus

SUBSPECIES texensis

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