Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Belongs to Spermophilus according to Hibbard 1972
Sister taxa: Spermophilus armatus, Spermophilus boothi, Spermophilus cochisei, Spermophilus columbianus, Spermophilus cragini, Spermophilus cyanocittus, Spermophilus dotti, Spermophilus finlayensis, Spermophilus fricki, Spermophilus howelli, Spermophilus jerae, Spermophilus johnstoni, Spermophilus lorisrusselli, Spermophilus matachicensis, Spermophilus matthewi, Spermophilus mcgheei, Spermophilus mckayensis, Spermophilus meadensis, Spermophilus primitivus, Spermophilus rexroadensis, Spermophilus russelli, Spermophilus shotwelli, Spermophilus spilosoma, Spermophilus superciliosus, Spermophilus taylori, Spermophilus tridecemlineatus, Spermophilus tuitus, Spermophilus wellingtonensis, Spermophilus wilsoni, Citellus ridgwayi
Ecology: semifossorial granivore-frugivore
Distribution: found only at Sand Draw Quarry ( of Nebraska)
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