Xerospermophilus perotensis

(C. H. Merriam, 1893)

Perote 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. 1893-12-28. Descriptions of eight new ground squirrels of the genera Spermophilus and Tamias from California, Texas, and Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 8:129-138.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10256468

Original name as described

Spermophilus perotensis

Type material

USNM:MAMM:54274

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/372c9ddf6-d1fd-42ce-838d-fb2fcf58e8d5

Type locality

"Perote, Veracruz, Mexico."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Mexico

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-309.3

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001799

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 perotensis

(C. H. Merriam, 1893)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

perotensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:54274

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/372c9ddf6-d1fd-42ce-838d-fb2fcf58e8d5

Authority page

131

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10256468

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:135) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:370) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Citellus perotensis

(A. H. Howell, 1938)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

perotensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

132

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806525

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Howell (1938:132, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16606)

Xerospermophilus perotensis

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

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

perotensis

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. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:810) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20489) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20489) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001799) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20489/22264586) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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