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

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

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/1958422

Original 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:4792

Type 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-309.5

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001791

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 elegans

(Kennicott, 1863)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

elegans

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

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:4792

Authority page

158

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1958422

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

  1. Allen (1896:254) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15952)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:368) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Nadler, Hoffmann, Vorontsov, Koeppl, Deutsch & Sukernik (1982:212, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45445875) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67221)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1991:143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  5. Hoffmann, Anderson, Thorington & Heaney (1993:446) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69019)
  6. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Citellus elegans nevadensis

(A. H. Howell, 1928)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

nevadensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:156788

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3a67dfa79-66ee-4a80-95f9-14e88c9db18e

Authority page

211

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34645646

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Bailey (1936:158, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806067) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)

Citellus elegans

(V. O. Bailey, 1936)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

elegans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

158

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806067

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Bailey (1936:158, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806067) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)

Citellus richardsonii elegans

(A. H. Howell, 1938)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

elegans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

76

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806469

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Howell (1938:76, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806469) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16606)

Citellus richardsonii nevadensis

(A. H. Howell, 1938)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

nevadensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

77

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806470

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Howell (1938:77, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806470) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16606)

Citellus elegans aureus

(W. B. Davis, 1939)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

aureus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:71965

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:71965

Authority page

177

Authority publication

Caldwell

Spermophilus richardsonii aureus

(E. R. Hall & Kelson, 1959)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

aureus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

338

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

Hall & Kelson (1959:338) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69357)

Spermophilus richardsonii elegans

(E. R. Hall & Kelson, 1959)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

elegans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

339

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

Hall & Kelson (1959:339) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69357)

Spermophilus richardsonii nevadensis

(E. R. Hall & Kelson, 1959)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

nevadensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

339

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

Hall & Kelson (1959:339) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69357)

Spermophilus elegans aureus

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

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

aureus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

200

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45445863

Authority publication

Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde

Name usages

  1. Nadler, Hoffmann, Vorontsov, Koeppl, Deutsch & Sukernik (1982:200, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45445863) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67221)
  2. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Spermophilus elegans elegans

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

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

elegans

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

  1. Nadler, Hoffmann, Vorontsov, Koeppl, Deutsch & Sukernik (1982:199, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45445862) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67221)
  2. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Spermophilus elegans nevadensis

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

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

nevadensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

200

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45445863

Authority publication

Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde

Name usages

  1. Nadler, Hoffmann, Vorontsov, Koeppl, Deutsch & Sukernik (1982:200, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45445863) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67221)
  2. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Urocitellus elegans aureus

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

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

aureus

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. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:802) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Urocitellus elegans

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

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

elegans

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. 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)
  3. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:802) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #42467) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #42467) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001791) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/42467/22265347) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Urocitellus elegans elegans

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

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

elegans

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. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:802) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Urocitellus elegans nevadensis

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

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

nevadensis

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. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:802) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

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