Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Belongs to Spermophilus according to Kennicott 1863
See also Kurten and Anderson 1980
Sister taxa: Spermophilus cochisei, Spermophilus columbianus, Spermophilus cragini, Spermophilus dotti, Spermophilus finlayensis, Spermophilus howelli, Spermophilus johnstoni, Spermophilus lorisrusselli, Spermophilus mcgheei, Spermophilus meadensis, Spermophilus meltoni, Spermophilus primitivus, Spermophilus rexroadensis, Spermophilus russelli, Spermophilus spilosoma, Spermophilus superciliosus, Spermophilus taylori, Spermophilus tephrus, Spermophilus tridecemlineatus, Spermophilus tuitus, Spermophilus wellingtonensis, Spermophilus wilsoni
Ecology: semifossorial granivore-frugivore
Distribution: found only at Silver Creek Junction (Quaternary of Utah)
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