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--> GENUS Spermophilus
--> SUBGENUS Spermophilus
SPECIES Spermophilus (Spermophilus) townsendii
Author: | Bachman, 1839. | Citation: | J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 8: 61. | Common Name: | Townsend's Ground Squirrel | Type Locality: | "On the Columbia River, about 300 miles [483 km] above its mouth." Restricted by A. H. Howell (1938:60, 62) to west bank of Walla Walla River near confluence with Columbia River [near Wallula, Walla Walla Co., Washington, USA]. | Distribution: | SE Washington (USA), S of Yakima River and W and N of Columbia River. | Status: | IUCN – Data Deficient. | Comments: | Subgenus Spermophilus (Hall, 1981:382). Formerly included two cytotypes (mollis, canus) now considered distinct species (Nadler et al., 1984; Vorontsov and Lyapunova, 1970). Reviewed by Rickart (1987, Mammalian Species No. 268). |
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