Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Synonym: Monax Warden 1819
Parent taxon: Marmotini according to K. M. Helgen et al. 2009
See also Alroy 2002, Hall 1981, Kurten and Anderson 1980, McKenna and Bell 1997, Mercer and Roth 2003 and Schultz and Howard 1935
Sister taxa: Ammospermophilus, Callospermophilus, Eutamias, Ictidomys, Marmota, Neotamias, Notocitellus, Otospermophilus, Poliocitellus, Spermophilus, Tamias, Urocitellus, Xerospermophilus, Spermophilinus
Subtaxa: Cynomys gunnisoni Cynomys hibbardi Cynomys leucurus Cynomys ludovicianus Cynomys mexicanus Cynomys niobrarius Cynomys parvidens Cynomys sappaensis Cynomys spenceri Cynomys vetus
Type: Cynomys socialis
Ecology: semifossorial granivore-frugivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (6: Alberta, Saskatchewan collections), Mexico (1), United States (69: Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas)
• Blancan of United States (3: Kansas)
• Miocene of United States (1: Montana)
Total: 80 collections including 88 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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