Ictidomys parvidens

(Mearns, 1896)

Rio Grande Ground Squirrel

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Mearns, E.A. 1896-03-25. Preliminary diagnoses of new mammals from the Mexican border of the United States. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 18:443-447.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7733675

Original name as described

Spermophilus mexicanus parvidens

Type material

USNM:MAMM:63073

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/33d539332-65dc-48f8-80f8-02ce93353312

Type locality

"Fort Clark, Kinney County, Texas."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States · Mexico

Subregion distribution

USA(TX,NM)

Taxonomy notes

split from I. mexicanus; moved to Ictidomys 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-309.2

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001721

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Spermophilus mexicanus parvidens

(Mearns, 1896)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

parvidens

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:63073

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/33d539332-65dc-48f8-80f8-02ce93353312

Authority page

443

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7733675

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Citellus mexicanus parvidens

(A. H. Howell, 1938)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

parvidens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

121

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806514

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Howell (1938:121, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806514) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16606)

Ictidomys parvidens

K. M. Helgen, Cole, L. E. Helgen, & D. E. Wilson, 2009

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

parvidens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

291

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Helgen, Cole, Helgen & Wilson (2009:291) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6407)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:805) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000140) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000140) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001721) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. Schmidly, Bradley, Yancey & Bradley (2024:46) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67259)

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