Urocitellus washingtoni

(A. H. Howell, 1938)

Washington 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

Howell, A.H. 1938-05-18. Revision of the North American ground squirrels, with a classification of the North American Sciuridae. North American Fauna 56:1-256.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806462

Original name as described

Citellus washingtoni

Type material

USNM:MAMM:27948 (= USNM:MAMM:A40068)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/36b8f5396-6a38-4622-8f2f-18847b899f13

Type locality

"Touchet, Walla Walla Co., Washington, USA."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States

Subregion distribution

USA(WA,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-309.1

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001797

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.

Citellus washingtoni

(A. H. Howell, 1938)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

washingtoni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:27948 (= USNM:MAMM:A40068)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/36b8f5396-6a38-4622-8f2f-18847b899f13

Authority page

69

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806462

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Howell (1938:69, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806462) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16606)

Citellus washingtoni loringi

(A. H. Howell, 1938)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

loringi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:89805

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/33386d87a-f53d-49b7-ba0b-912cc96d56fc

Authority page

71

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806464

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Howell (1938:71, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806464) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16606)
  2. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Citellus washingtoni washingtoni

(A. H. Howell, 1938)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

washingtoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

69

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806462

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Howell (1938:69, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806462) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16606)

Spermophilus washingtoni loringi

(E. R. Hall & Kelson, 1959)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

loringi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

337

Authority publication

New York

Spermophilus washingtoni

(E. R. Hall & Kelson, 1959)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

washingtoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

337

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:135) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:371) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Nadler, Hoffmann, Vorontsov, Koeppl, Deutsch & Sukernik (1982:211, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45445874) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67221)
  4. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Spermophilus washingtonii

(Rickard & L. D. Poole, 1989)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

washingtonii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

189

Authority publication

Northwest Science

Urocitellus washingtoni

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

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

washingtoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

298

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Helgen, Cole, Helgen & Wilson (2009:298) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6407)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:800) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20475) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20475) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001797) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20475/112211642) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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