Citellus (Otospermophilus) gidleyi Merriam et al. 1925 (squirrel)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Alternative combinations: Citellus gidleyi, Otospermophilus gidleyi, Spermophilus gidleyi

Full reference: J. C. Merriam, C. Stock, and C. L. Moody. 1925. The Pliocene Rattlesnake Formation and fauna of eastern Oregon, with notes on the geology of the Rattlesnake and Mascall deposits. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 347(3):43-92

Belongs to Citellus (Otospermophilus) according to M. D. Bryant 1945

See also Barnosky 1986, Black 1963, Korth 1994, Merriam et al. 1925, Shotwell 1968 and Wilson and Reeder 1993

Sister taxa: Citellus (Otospermophilus) argonautus, Citellus (Otospermophilus) bensoni, Otospermophilus beecheyi, Otospermophilus variegatus

Type specimen: UCMP 26793, a mandible (A part of a left mandibular ramus without the anterior tip and the vertical ramus, all of the cheek teeth well preserved). Its type locality is Rattlesnake, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial siltstone in the Rattlesnake Formation of Oregon.

Ecology: scansorial granivore-frugivore

Distribution:

• Hemphillian of United States (2: Idaho, Oregon collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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