Xerospermophilus spilosoma
(E. T. Bennett, 1833)
Spotted 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
Bennett, E.T. 1833-05-17. Specimens were exhibited of numerous Mammalia recently obtained by the Society from that part of California which adjoins to Mexico. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1833:39-42.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859480Original name as described
Spermophilus spilosoma
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1853.8.29.5
Type kind
lectotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/75fbe90c-161c-4243-8541-cf254341c6f9 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b8c85441-0e29-4abf-8498-797cf33b4369Type locality
"that part of California which adjoins to Mexico." Restricted by A. H. Howell in 1938 to Durango City, Durango, Mexico.
Biogeographic realm
Nearctic
Country distribution
United States · Mexico
Subregion distribution
USA(NE,OK,NM,TX,KS,WY,AZ,CO,SD,UT?)
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-309.4IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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