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/25806462Original 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-18847b899f13Type 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-309.1IUCN Red List status
Near Threatened
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