Callospermophilus madrensis
C. H. Merriam, 1901
Sierra Madre 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
Merriam, C.H. 1901-11-29. Seven new mammals from Mexico, including a new genus of rodents. Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences 3:559-563.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8873495Original name as described
Callospermophilus madrensis
Other common names
Sierra Madre Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel
Type material
USNM:MAMM:95363
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/30f717125-000b-4ca7-b2de-2634f7286b24Type locality
"Sierra Madre, near Guadalupe y Calvo, Chihuahua, Mexico (7,000 feet [2134 m] altitude)."
Biogeographic realm
Nearctic
Country distribution
Mexico
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-309.2IUCN Red List status
Near Threatened
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