Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Synonym: Anisonyx Rafinesque 1817 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Marmotini according to K. M. Helgen et al. 2009
Sister taxa: Ammospermophilus, Callospermophilus, Cynomys, Eutamias, Ictidomys, Marmota, Neotamias, Notocitellus, Otospermophilus, Poliocitellus, Spermophilus, Tamias, Xerospermophilus, Spermophilinus
Subtaxa: Urocitellus elegans Urocitellus parryii Urocitellus richardsonii Urocitellus townsendii
Ecology: scansorial granivore-frugivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (11: Alberta, Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan, Yukon collections), the Russian Federation (1), United States (30: California, Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah)
Total: 42 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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