Urocitellus canus

(C. H. Merriam, 1898)

Merriam's Ground Squirrel

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Merriam, C.H. 1898-03-24. Descriptions of six new ground squirrels from the western United States. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 12:69-71.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2263680

Original name as described

Spermophilus mollis canus

Type material

USNM:MAMM:78681

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/338f15f3a-7270-467c-8412-5da76eba3762

Type locality

"Antelope, Wasco County, Oregon, [USA]."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States

Subregion distribution

USA(NV,ID,OR,CA)

Taxonomy notes

moved to Urocitelus 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-309.7

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001789

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 mollis canus

(C. H. Merriam, 1898)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

canus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:78681

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/338f15f3a-7270-467c-8412-5da76eba3762

Authority page

70

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2263680

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Citellus canus

(C. H. Merriam, 1913)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

canus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

137

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3337767

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Merriam (1913:137, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3337767) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16185)

Citellus canus vigilis

(C. H. Merriam, 1913)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

vigilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:168361

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/354df2fbd-694a-42cd-b45a-f17c646e10ce

Authority page

137

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3337767

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Merriam (1913:137, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3337767) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16185)
  2. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Citellus mollis canus

(V. O. Bailey, 1936)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

canus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

155

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806064

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Bailey (1936:155, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806064) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)

Citellus mollis vigilis

(V. O. Bailey, 1936)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

vigilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

156

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806065

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Bailey (1936:156, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806065) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)

Citellus townsendii canus

(A. H. Howell, 1938)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

canus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

67

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806460

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Howell (1938:67, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806460) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16606)

Citellus townsendii vigilis

(A. H. Howell, 1938)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

vigilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

66

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806459

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Howell (1938:66, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806459) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16606)

Spermophilus townsendii canus

(E. R. Hall & Kelson, 1959)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

canus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

336

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

Hall & Kelson (1959:336) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69357)

Spermophilus townsendii vigilis

(E. R. Hall & Kelson, 1959)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

vigilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

337

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

Hall & Kelson (1959:337) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69357)

Spermophilus townsendi canus

(C. F. Nadler, 1968)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

canus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

144

Authority publication

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Name usages

Nadler (1968:144) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34972)

Spermophilus townsendi vigilis

(C. F. Nadler, 1968)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

vigilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

144

Authority publication

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Name usages

Nadler (1968:144) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34972)

Spermophilus vigilis canus

(C. F. Nadler, R. S. Hoffmann, Vorontsov, Koeppl, Deutsch, & Sukernik, 1982)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

canus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

199

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45445862

Authority publication

Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde

Name usages

Nadler, Hoffmann, Vorontsov, Koeppl, Deutsch & Sukernik (1982:199, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45445862) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67221)

Spermophilus vigilis

(C. F. Nadler, R. S. Hoffmann, Vorontsov, Koeppl, Deutsch, & Sukernik, 1982)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

vigilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

211

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45445874

Authority publication

Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde

Name usages

  1. Nadler, Hoffmann, Vorontsov, Koeppl, Deutsch & Sukernik (1982:211, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45445874) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67221)
  2. Rickart (1989:531) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67222)

Spermophilus vigilis vigilis

(C. F. Nadler, R. S. Hoffmann, Vorontsov, Koeppl, Deutsch, & Sukernik, 1982)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

vigilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

199

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45445862

Authority publication

Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde

Name usages

Nadler, Hoffmann, Vorontsov, Koeppl, Deutsch & Sukernik (1982:199, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45445862) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67221)

Spermophilus canus

(R. S. Hoffmann, C. G. Anderson, Thorington, & Heaney, 1993)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

canus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

445

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

  1. Hoffmann, Anderson, Thorington & Heaney (1993:445) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69019)
  2. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Spermophilus canus vigilis

(D. E. Wilson & Ruff, 1999)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

vigilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

415

Authority publication

Washington

Urocitellus canus canus

Cole & D. E. Wilson, 2009

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

canus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

1

Authority publication

Mammalian Species

Name usages

  1. Cole & Wilson (2009:1) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6222)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:803) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Urocitellus canus vigilis

Cole & D. E. Wilson, 2009

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

vigilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

1

Authority publication

Mammalian Species

Name usages

  1. Cole & Wilson (2009:1) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6222)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:803) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Urocitellus canus

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

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

canus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

297

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Helgen, Cole, Helgen & Wilson (2009:297) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6407)
  2. Cole & Wilson (2009:1) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6222)
  3. Bradley, Ammerman, Baker, Bradley, Cook, Dowler, Jones, Schmidly, Stangl, Van Den Bussche & Würsig (2014:21, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57785977) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19157)
  4. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:803) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #42465) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #42465) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001789) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/42465/22265551) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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