Xerospermophilus tereticaudus

(S. F. Baird, 1857)

Round-tailed 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

Baird, S.F. 1857. General Report upon the Zoology of the Several Pacific Railroad Routes. Part I. Mammals. A. P. Nicholson, Washington, 757 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58487867

Original name as described

Spermophilus tereticaudus

Type material

USNM:MAMM:1584 (= USNM:MAMM:A2419), USNM:MAMM:1585, USNM:MAMM:2490

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/358676220-2f0e-4d1b-9514-84a3676dba95 http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3815594d7-5a04-499d-a91a-c9e52eafb445 http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/384523c12-3363-464c-8b98-86f103cc002a

Type locality

"Fort Yuma," Imperial County, California, USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States · Mexico

Subregion distribution

USA(NV,AZ,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-309.5

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001801

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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 chlorus

(D. G. Elliot, 1904)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

chlorus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:12861

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=2a403b80-2300-463b-b6c5-f4326706e489

Authority page

242

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2652822

Authority publication

Field Columbian Museum, Zoölogical Series

Citellus eremonomus

(D. G. Elliot, 1904)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

eremonomus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:12862

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=fe7d8124-e264-4334-a0e7-0da643e2ba1d

Authority page

243

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2652823

Authority publication

Field Columbian Museum, Zoölogical Series

Name usages

Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Spermophilus sonoriensis

(H. L. Ward, 1891)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

sonoriensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCGEM 517

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

158

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41480679

Authority publication

The American Naturalist

Name usages

Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Citellus tereticaudus arizonae

(J. Grinnell, 1918)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

arizonae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:25485

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:25485

Authority page

105

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3332133

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Citellus tereticaudus vociferans

(Huey, 1926)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

vociferans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SDNHM:MAM:5127

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/sdnhm/mammals?id=urn-catalog-sdnhm-mammals-5127

Authority page

29

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34550493

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Citellus tereticaudus apricus

(Huey, 1927)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

apricus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SDNHM:MAM:6308

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/sdnhm/mammals?id=urn-catalog-sdnhm-mammals-6308

Authority page

85

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4298222

Authority publication

Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History

Name usages

Howell (1938:190, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806583) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16606)

Spermophilus tereticaudus

(S. F. Baird, 1857)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

tereticaudus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:1584 (= USNM:MAMM:A2419), USNM:MAMM:1585, USNM:MAMM:2490

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/358676220-2f0e-4d1b-9514-84a3676dba95 http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3815594d7-5a04-499d-a91a-c9e52eafb445 http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/384523c12-3363-464c-8b98-86f103cc002a

Authority page

315

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58487867

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

  1. True (1885:594, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306388) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  2. Moore (1959:204) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6420)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:135) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:371) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Spermophilus neglectus

(C. H. Merriam, 1889)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

neglectus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:186470

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3accc01d1-56ed-406c-a441-c7dbfba46265

Authority page

17

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25799510

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Citellus tereticaudus chlorus

(A. H. Howell, 1938)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

chlorus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

188

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806581

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Howell (1938:188, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806581) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16606)

Citellus tereticaudus neglectus

(A. H. Howell, 1938)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

neglectus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

187

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806580

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Howell (1938:187, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806580) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16606)

Citellus tereticaudus

(A. H. Howell, 1938)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

tereticaudus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

185

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806578

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Howell (1938:185, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806578) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16606)

Citellus tereticaudus tereticaudus

(A. H. Howell, 1938)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

tereticaudus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

185

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806578

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Howell (1938:185, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806578) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16606)

Spermophilus tereticaudus apricus

(Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

apricus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Spermophilus tereticaudus chlorus

(Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

chlorus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Spermophilus tereticaudus neglectus

(Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

neglectus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Spermophilus tereticaudus tereticaudus

(Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

tereticaudus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Xerospermophilus tereticaudus apricus

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

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

apricus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

295

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Helgen, Cole, Helgen & Wilson (2009:295) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6407)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:809) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Xerospermophilus tereticaudus chlorus

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

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

chlorus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

295

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Helgen, Cole, Helgen & Wilson (2009:295) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6407)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:809) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Xerospermophilus tereticaudus neglectus

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

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

neglectus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

295

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Helgen, Cole, Helgen & Wilson (2009:295) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6407)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:809) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Xerospermophilus tereticaudus

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

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

tereticaudus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

295

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Helgen, Cole, Helgen & Wilson (2009:295) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6407)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:809) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20493) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20493) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001801) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20493/22264318) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Xerospermophilus tereticaudus tereticaudus

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

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

tereticaudus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

295

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Helgen, Cole, Helgen & Wilson (2009:295) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6407)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:809) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

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