Urocitellus richardsonii Sabine 1822 (Holarctic ground squirrel)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Alternative combinations: Arctomys richardsonii, Citellus richardsonii, Spermophilus richardsonii
Belongs to Urocitellus according to K. M. Helgen et al. 2009
See also Gazin 1930 and Kurten and Anderson 1980
Sister taxa: Urocitellus elegans, Urocitellus parryii, Urocitellus townsendii
Ecology: scansorial granivore-frugivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (3: Alberta, Saskatchewan collections), United States (21: Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma)
Total: 24 collections each including a single occurrence
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