Xerospermophilus Merriam 1892 (pygmy ground squirrel)
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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, Poliocitellus, Spermophilus, Tamias, Urocitellus, Spermophilinus
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: scansorial granivore-frugivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Xerospermophilus in the database
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