Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Alternative combinations: Arctomys beecheyi, Spermophilus beecheyi
Belongs to Otospermophilus according to K. M. Helgen et al. 2009
See also Gazin 1930 and Kurten and Anderson 1980
Sister taxa: Citellus (Otospermophilus) argonautus, Citellus (Otospermophilus) bensoni, Citellus (Otospermophilus) fricki, Citellus (Otospermophilus) matthewi, Citellus (Otospermophilus) pattersoni, Citellus (Otospermophilus) shotwelli, Otospermophilus variegatus, Spermophilus (Otospermophilus) boothi, Spermophilus (Otospermophilus) cyanocittus, Spermophilus (Otospermophilus) gidleyi, Spermophilus (Otospermophilus) jerae
Ecology: scansorial granivore-frugivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (6: California collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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