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 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 tuitus, Spermophilus wellingtonensis, Spermophilus wilsoni
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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