Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Alternative combination: Sciurus tridecemlineatus
Belongs to Spermophilus according to B. Kurten and E. Anderson 1980
See also Eshelman et al. 2025, Helgen et al. 2009 and O'Leary et al. 2013
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 meltoni, Spermophilus primitivus, Spermophilus rexroadensis, Spermophilus russelli, Spermophilus shotwelli, Spermophilus spilosoma, Spermophilus superciliosus, Spermophilus taylori, Spermophilus tuitus, Spermophilus wellingtonensis, Spermophilus wilsoni, Citellus ridgwayi
Ecology: semifossorial granivore-frugivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (44: Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Maryland, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia collections)
Total: 44 collections each including a single occurrence
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