Citellus (Otospermophilus) fricki Hibbard 1942

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Alternative combinations: Citellus fricki, Otospermophilus fricki, Spermophilus fricki

Belongs to Citellus (Otospermophilus) according to C. C. Black 1963

See also Barnosky 1986, Korth 1994, Shotwell 1968 and Wilson and Reeder 1993

Sister taxa: Citellus (Otospermophilus) argonautus, Citellus (Otospermophilus) bensoni, Citellus (Otospermophilus) gidleyi, Citellus (Otospermophilus) matthewi, Citellus (Otospermophilus) pattersoni, Citellus (Otospermophilus) shotwelli, Citellus (Otospermophilus) tephrus, Citellus (Otospermophilus) wilsoni, Otospermophilus beecheyi, Otospermophilus variegatus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Jack Swayze Quarry, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Ogallala Formation of Kansas

Distribution: found only at Jack Swayze Quarry

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