Urocitellus elegans
(Kennicott, 1863)
Wyoming 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
Authority citation
Kennicott, R. 1863-10-27. Descriptions of four new species of Spermophilus, in the collections of the Smithsonian Institution. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 15:157-158.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1958422Original name as described
Spermophilus elegans
Type material
MCZ:Mamm:4791 (= USNM:MAMM:3468), MCZ:Mamm:4792 (= USNM:MAMM:3473), USNM:MAMM:3469, USNM:MAMM:3473, USNM:MAMM:3479 (= USNM:MAMM:A4810), USNM:MAMM:3480, USNM:MAMM:4003, USNM:MAMM:5950 (= USNM:MAMM:4814), USNM:MAMM:5951, USNM:MAMM:5952, USNM:MAMM:5953, USNM:MAMM:5954, USNM:MAMM:5955, USNM:MAMM:5956, USNM:MAMM:5957, USNM:MAMM:A4796
Type kind
syntypes
Type specimen URI
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/30102c9bb-21ff-4adb-83ed-0206d4dccd12 http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/30bce27d9-412b-4c31-8aa1-46c1711b8e28 http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/325262114-c435-4a71-b8bb-4122e82b3aec http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/335a2c9f7-d331-4e8a-86a4-6b4cdac0e0b2 http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/34829eb18-6b62-4834-8338-39319ed4a019 http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/34fe16df9-9fb4-4a52-9bfb-84097bf1c6aa http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/36e2c0d88-f971-410e-8e43-07baa422eeda http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/385426235-1f0b-41a7-858b-54901ae99373 http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/38c6f7d8b-b54a-44b7-9fb9-e6085dc9358d http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/39355b0fc-5440-4840-a8d4-1dfcd6e12857 http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/393aaaa27-e84e-463a-ad76-218fde6f36c1 http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3b479ea1f-e421-4154-9db2-111ad739da03 http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3fd6aab04-d859-4a37-8ec1-ddeebaf07071 https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:4791 https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:4792Type locality
"Fort Bridger," Uinta Co., Wyoming, USA.
Biogeographic realm
Nearctic
Country distribution
United States
Subregion distribution
USA(MT,NV,ID,CO,WY,NE?,UT?,OR?)
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-309.5IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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