Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Alternative combination: Spermophilus matachicensis
Full reference: R. W. Wilson. 1949. Rodents of the Rincon fauna, western Chihuahua, Mexico. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 584(5):165-176
Belongs to Citellus according to C. C. Black 1963
See also Shotwell 1968 and Wilson 1949
Sister taxon: Citellus (Citellus)
Type specimen: LACM (CIT) 3551, a partial skeleton (Nearly complete skull, mandible, and partial skeleton). Its type locality is Matachic, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in Mexico.
Ecology: scansorial granivore-frugivore
Distribution:
• Blancan of Mexico (1 collection)
• Hemphillian of Mexico (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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