Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Alternative combination: Citellus howelli
Full reference: C. W. Hibbard. 1941. New Mammals from the Rexroad Fauna, Upper Pliocene of Kansas. American Midland Naturalist 26(2):337-368
Belongs to Spermophilus according to T. S. Kelly 1994
See also Black 1963, Hibbard 1941, Kurten and Anderson 1980 and Shotwell 1968
Sister taxa: Spermophilus armatus, Spermophilus cochisei, Spermophilus columbianus, Spermophilus cragini, Spermophilus dotti, Spermophilus finlayensis, 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
Type specimen: Its type locality is Rexroad KU Locality 3, which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in the Rexroad Formation of Kansas
Ecology: semifossorial granivore-frugivore
Distribution:
• Blancan of United States (4: Kansas, Nevada, Texas, Washington collections)
• Hemphillian of United States (1: Indiana)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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