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Spermophilus tridecemlineatus Mitchell 1821 (thirteen-lined ground squirrel)

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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