Xerospermophilus mohavensis

(C. H. Merriam, 1889)

Mohave Ground Squirrel

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Merriam, C.H. 1889-10-30. Description of a new spermophile from southern California. North American Fauna 2:15-16.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25799508

Original name as described

Spermophilus mohavensis

Type material

USNM:MAMM:186469

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3a02c3a43-b65c-4e4f-baa2-c22cdce00eaf

Type locality

"Mohave River, California."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States

Subregion distribution

USA(CA)

Taxonomy notes

moved to Xerospermophilus 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-309.2

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001798

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 mohavensis

(C. H. Merriam, 1889)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

mohavensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:186469

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3a02c3a43-b65c-4e4f-baa2-c22cdce00eaf

Authority page

15

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25799508

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:135) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:369) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1991:143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Hoffmann, Anderson, Thorington & Heaney (1993:447) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69019)
  5. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Citellus mohavensis

(A. H. Howell, 1938)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

mohavensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

183

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806576

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Howell (1938:183, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806576) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16606)

Xerospermophilus mohavensis

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

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

mohavensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

294

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Helgen, Cole, Helgen & Wilson (2009:294) (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 (2016:810) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20474) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20474) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001798) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20474/22266305) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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