Otospermophilus variegatus

(Erxleben, 1777)

Common Rock Squirrel

Oblique view. Formerly Spermophilus variegatus
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Location:USA, CADate taken:Jan 1, 1983

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 951

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Erxleben, J.C.P. 1777. Systema regni animalis per classes, ordines, genera, species, varietates cum synonymia et historia animalium. Classis I. Mammalia. Impensis Weygandianis, Leipzig, 636 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873218

Original name as described

Sciurus variegatus

Type locality

"Mexico." Restricted by E. W. Nelson in 1898 to Valley of Mexico, near City of Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States · Mexico

Subregion distribution

USA(NM, NV, CO, TX, AZ, UT, CA, ID, OK)

Taxonomy notes

moved to Otospermophilus from Spermophilus

Taxonomy notes citation

Helgen, K.M., Cole, F.R., Helgen, L.E. and Wilson, D.E. 2009. Generic revision in the Holarctic ground squirrel genus Spermophilus. Journal of Mammalogy 90(2):270-305. doi:10.1644/07-MAMM-A-309.1

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001766

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.

Total: 53 names and synonyms.

Sciurus versicolor

(E. A. W. von Zimmermann, 1777)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

versicolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

placedonindex

Authority page

520

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53966325

Authority publication

Leiden

Sciurus variegatus

(Erxleben, 1777)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

variegatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

421

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873218

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Erxleben (1777:421, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873218) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. Zimmermann (1783:178) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  3. Boddaert (1785:118, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230082) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)
  4. Gmelin (1788:151, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751371) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  5. Kerr (1792:264, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664288) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  6. Shaw (1801:144, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19603337) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37618)
  7. Daudin (1802:171, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033421) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  8. Turton (1802:94, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772950) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  9. Treviranus (1803:182, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028210) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41587)
  10. Wolf (1808:514) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72411)
  11. Goldfuss (1809:120, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497954) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  12. Fischer (1814:vi, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130067) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  13. Illiger (1815:107, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080963) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  14. Desmarest (1817:103, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18038444) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60383)
  15. Muirhead (1819:432) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
  16. Schinz (1821:305, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529066) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  17. Desmarest (1822:333, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521739) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36189)
  18. Desmoulins (1824:70, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48533433) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39868)
  19. Lesson (1827:233, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207701) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  20. Fischer (1829:352) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  21. Lichtenstein (1830:116, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29683792) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64098)
  22. Cuvier (1833:446, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26232919) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37101)
  23. Burmeister (1837:813, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46858148) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72421)
  24. Cuvier (1842:4, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518527) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  25. Giebel (1855:648, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45548839) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38563)
  26. Saussure (1861:4, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13713439) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68667)
  27. Murray (1866:354, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580350) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Sciurus variegatus minor

(Kerr, 1792)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

minor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

264

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664288

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Kerr (1792:264, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664288) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)

Sciurus grammurus

(Say in James, 1823)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

grammurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

72 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40217018

Authority publication

Philadelphia

Name usages

  1. Godman (1826:136, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49165836) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67021)
  2. Lesson (1827:234, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207702) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  3. Fischer (1829:350) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)

Sciurus buccatus

(H. Lichtenstein, 1830)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

buccatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 1493

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

117

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29683793

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Spermophilus macrourus

(E. T. Bennett, 1833)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

macrourus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.123

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2c574e0e-1f4c-4a21-98e7-ce545b36b6df https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/567fef40-c0a7-4207-91d3-604c0a6668c4

Authority page

41

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859481

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Brandt (1844:380, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45978162) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67169)
  2. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Tamias grammurus

(Burmeister, 1837)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

grammurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

812

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46858147

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Burmeister (1837:812, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46858147) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72421)
  2. Lesson (1842:115) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Spermophilus grammurus

(De Kay, 1842)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

grammurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

67

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2003522

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

  1. De Kay (1842:67, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2003522) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36849)
  2. Brandt (1844:380, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45978162) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67169)
  3. Coues (1867:360, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41181579) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68670)
  4. True (1885:594, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306388) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  5. Bryant (1889:26, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7133489) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67401)
  6. Merriam (1890:58, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25799631) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14545)
  7. Allen (1890:185) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10046)
  8. Allen (1896:67) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15951)
  9. Allen (1897:49, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27046628) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10354)

Spermophilus macrurus

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

macrurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

116

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:116) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Giebel (1855:637, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45548828) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38563)
  3. Murray (1866:355, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580351) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Spermophilus couchii

(S. F. Baird, 1855)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

couchii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:338 (= USNM:MAMM:A1255)

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3c2665feb-38ed-4d61-b91a-7d3742c7071c

Authority page

332

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1694446

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

  1. Murray (1866:355, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580351) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  2. Coues (1867:361, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41181580) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68670)

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