Otospermophilus douglasii

(J. Richardson, 1829)

Douglas's Ground Squirrel

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Richardson, J. 1829. Fauna Boreali-Americana. Part first, containing the quadrupeds. John Murray, London, 300 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27984684

Original name as described

Arctomys? (Spermophilus?) Douglasii

Type locality

bank of the Colombia River, Oregon.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States

Subregion distribution

USA(WA,OR,CA)

Taxonomy notes

split from O. beecheyi

Taxonomy notes citation

Phuong, M. A., Lim, M. C., Wait, D. R., Rowe, K. C., & Moritz, C. (2014). Delimiting species in the genus Otospermophilus (Rodentia: Sciuridae), using genetics, ecology, and morphology. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 113(4), 1136-1151. · Phuong, M. A., Bi, K., & Moritz, C. (2017). Range instability leads to cytonuclear discordance in a morphologically cryptic ground squirrel species complex. Molecular ecology, 26(18), 4743-4755.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006628

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.

Arctomys? (Spermophilus?) Douglasii

(J. Richardson, 1829)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

douglasii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

172

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27984684

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Richardson (1829:172, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27984684) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37662)

Spermophilus Douglasii

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

douglasii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

115

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:115) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Brandt (1844:380, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45978162) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67169)
  3. Murray (1866:355, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580351) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Spermophilus Douglasi

(Giebel, 1855)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

douglasi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

637

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45548828

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Giebel (1855:637, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45548828) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38563)
  2. Merriam (1899:89, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25811772) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14568)

Spermophilus grammurus Douglassi

(F. W. True, 1885)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

douglassi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

594

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306388

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

True (1885:594, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306388) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)

Citellus beecheyi douglasi

(J. Grinnell, 1913)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

douglasi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

345

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31547082

Authority publication

Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences

Citellus douglasii

(L. Kellogg, 1916)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

douglasii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

372

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29524784

Authority publication

University of California Publications in Zoology

Name usages

  1. Kellogg (1916:372, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29524784) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69086)
  2. Bailey (1936:144, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806051) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)

Citellus beecheyi douglasii

(A. H. Howell, 1938)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

douglasii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

150

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806543

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Howell (1938:150, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806543) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16606)

Spermophilus beecheyi douglasii

(Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

douglasii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Otospermophilus beecheyi douglasii

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

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

douglasii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

284

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Helgen, Cole, Helgen & Wilson (2009:284) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6407)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:806) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Otospermophilus douglasii

Mammal Diversity Database, 2024

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

douglasii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · unpublished_electronic

Authority page URI

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006628

Name usages

Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006628) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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