Ictidomys Allen 1877 (lined ground squirrels)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Parent taxon: Marmotini according to K. M. Helgen et al. 2009

See also O'Leary et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Ammospermophilus, Callospermophilus, Cynomys, Eutamias, Marmota, Neotamias, Notocitellus, Otospermophilus, Poliocitellus, Spermophilus, Tamias, Urocitellus, Xerospermophilus, Spermophilinus

Subtaxa: Ictidomys mexicanus Ictidomys tridecemlineatus

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Type: Sciurus tridecemlineatus

Ecology: scansorial granivore-frugivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Ictidomys in the database

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