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GENUS Spermophilus

Author:F. Cuvier, 1825.
Citation:Dentes des Mammiferes: 255.
Type Species:Mus citellus Linnaeus, 1766.
Comments:Tribe Marmotini (Moore, 1959). Citellus Oken, 1816 has been widely used, but is invalid (Corbet, 1978c:82; Hershkovitz, 1949b). Includes Otospermophilus, Xerospermophilus, Ictidomys, Poliocitellus, Callospermophilus, and Spermophilus as subgenera (Hall, 1981:382); Gromov et al. (1965) gave the first three taxa generic rank, and considered Poliocitellus a subgenus of Ictidomys, while placing Callospermophilus and Otospermophilus as sister subgenera under genus Otospermophilus. North American species revised by A. H. Howell (1938). Eurasian species revised by Gromov et al. (1965) who also recognized Colobotis and Urocitellus as subgenera; but see Hall (1981:382), who included them in subgenus Spermophilus. Holarctic species reviewed by Nadler et al. (1982, 1984). A key to the genus was given by Rickart and Yensen (1991).
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SPECIES adocetus

SUBSPECIES adocetus

SUBSPECIES infernatus

SPECIES annulatus

SUBSPECIES annulatus

SUBSPECIES goldmani

SPECIES brevicauda

SPECIES columbianus

SUBSPECIES columbianus

SUBSPECIES ruficaudus

SPECIES erythrogenys

SPECIES fulvus

SUBSPECIES fulvus

SUBSPECIES hypoleucos

SUBSPECIES oxianus

SPECIES major

SPECIES parryii

SUBSPECIES parryii

SUBSPECIES ablusus

SUBSPECIES kennicottii

SUBSPECIES kodiacensis

SUBSPECIES leucostictus

SUBSPECIES lyratus

SUBSPECIES nebulicola

SUBSPECIES osgoodi

SUBSPECIES plesius

SUBSPECIES stejnegeri

SPECIES undulatus

SUBSPECIES undulatus

SUBSPECIES altaica

SUBSPECIES jacutensis

SUBSPECIES menzbieri

SUBSPECIES stramineus

SUBSPECIES transbaikalicus

SUBGENUS Spermophilus

SPECIES alashanicus

SPECIES armatus

SPECIES beldingi

SUBSPECIES beldingi

SUBSPECIES creber

SUBSPECIES oregonus

SPECIES brunneus

SPECIES canus

SPECIES citellus

SUBSPECIES citellus

SUBSPECIES gradojevici

SUBSPECIES istricus

SUBSPECIES martinoi

SPECIES dauricus

SPECIES elegans

SUBSPECIES elegans

SUBSPECIES aureus

SUBSPECIES nevadensis

SPECIES mollis

SUBSPECIES mollis

SUBSPECIES artemesiae

SUBSPECIES idahoensis

SPECIES musicus

SPECIES pallidicauda

SPECIES pygmaeus

SUBSPECIES pygmaeus

SUBSPECIES brauneri

SUBSPECIES herbicolus

SUBSPECIES mugosaricus

SPECIES ralli

SPECIES relictus

SPECIES richardsonii

SPECIES suslicus

SUBSPECIES suslicus

SUBSPECIES boristhenicus

SUBSPECIES guttatus

SPECIES townsendii

SUBSPECIES townsendii

SUBSPECIES nancyae

SPECIES washingtoni

SPECIES xanthoprymnus

SUBGENUS Otospermophilus

SPECIES atricapillus

SPECIES beecheyi

SUBSPECIES beecheyi

SUBSPECIES douglasii

SUBSPECIES fisheri

SUBSPECIES nesioticus

SUBSPECIES nudipes

SUBSPECIES parvulus

SUBSPECIES rupinarum

SUBSPECIES sierrae

SPECIES variegatus

SUBSPECIES variegatus

SUBSPECIES buckleyi

SUBSPECIES couchii

SUBSPECIES grammurus

SUBSPECIES robustus

SUBSPECIES rupestris

SUBSPECIES tularosae

SUBSPECIES utah

SUBGENUS Xerospermophilus

SPECIES mohavensis

SPECIES tereticaudus

SUBSPECIES tereticaudus

SUBSPECIES apricus

SUBSPECIES chlorus

SUBSPECIES neglectus

SUBGENUS Ictidomys

SPECIES mexicanus

SUBSPECIES mexicanus

SUBSPECIES parvidens

SPECIES perotensis

SPECIES spilosoma

SUBSPECIES spilosoma

SUBSPECIES altiplanensis

SUBSPECIES ammophilus

SUBSPECIES annectens

SUBSPECIES bavicorensis

SUBSPECIES cabrerai

SUBSPECIES canescens

SUBSPECIES cryptospilotus

SUBSPECIES marginatus

SUBSPECIES obsoletus

SUBSPECIES oricolus

SUBSPECIES pallescens

SUBSPECIES pratensis

SPECIES tridecemlineatus

SUBSPECIES tridecemlineatus

SUBSPECIES alleni

SUBSPECIES arenicola

SUBSPECIES blanca

SUBSPECIES hollisteri

SUBSPECIES monticola

SUBSPECIES olivaceous

SUBSPECIES pallidus

SUBSPECIES parvus

SUBSPECIES texensis

SUBGENUS Poliocitellus

SPECIES franklinii

SUBGENUS Callospermophilus

SPECIES lateralis

SUBSPECIES lateralis

SUBSPECIES arizonensis

SUBSPECIES bernardinus

SUBSPECIES castanurus

SUBSPECIES certus

SUBSPECIES chrysodeirus

SUBSPECIES cinerascens

SUBSPECIES connectens

SUBSPECIES mitratus

SUBSPECIES tescorum

SUBSPECIES trepidus

SUBSPECIES trinitatus

SUBSPECIES wortmani

SPECIES madrensis

SPECIES saturatus

Synonyms:

    Anisonyx Rafinesque, 1817
    Arctomys Schreber, 1780
    Citellus Oken, 1816
    Citillus Lichtenstein, 1830
    Colobates Milne-Edwards, 1874
    Colobotis Brandt, 1844
    Ictidomoides Mearns, 1907
    Notocitellus A. H. Howell, 1938
    Otocolobus Brandt, 1844
    Spermatophilus Wagler, 1830
    Spermophilis Richardson, 1839
    Urocitellus Obolenskij, 1927

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