Poliocitellus Howell 1938 (Franklin's gruond squirrel)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

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

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

Subtaxa: Poliocitellus franklinii

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Ecology: scansorial granivore-frugivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (3: Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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