Callospermophilus lateralis

(Say in James, 1823)

Common Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciuromorpha
Family : Sciuridae
Subfamily : Xerinae
Tribe : Marmotini
Genus : Callospermophilus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

James, E. 1823. Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819 and '20, by order of the Hon. J. C. Calhoun, Sec'y of War: under the Command of Major Stephen H. Long. Vol. II. H. C. Carey and I. Lea, Philadelphia, 442 pp.

Original name as described

Sciurus lateralis

Other common names

Green River Basin Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel

Type locality

"near Cañon City." Restricted by C. H. Merriam in 1905 to Arkansas River, c.42 km below Canyon City, Fremont Co., Colorado, USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Canada · United States

Subregion distribution

USA(WA,OR,ID,MT,WY,CO,UT,NV,CA,AZ,NM)

Taxonomy notes

moved to Callospermophilus from Spermophilus

Taxonomy notes citation

Helgen, K. M., Cole, F. R., Helgen, L. E., & Wilson, D. E. (2009). Generic Revision in the Holarctic Ground Squirrel Genus Spermophilus. Journal of Mammalogy, 90(2), 270-305. http://doi.org/10.1644/07-MAMM-A-309.1

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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