Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Alternative combinations: Citellus pattersoni, Otospermophilus pattersoni, Parapaenemarmota pattersoni, Spermophilus pattersoni
Belongs to Citellus (Otospermophilus) according to C. C. Black 1963
See also Barnosky 1986, Korth 1994, Martin 1998, Shotwell 1968 and Wilson and Reeder 1993
Sister taxa: Citellus (Otospermophilus) argonautus, Citellus (Otospermophilus) bensoni, Citellus (Otospermophilus) fricki, Citellus (Otospermophilus) gidleyi, Citellus (Otospermophilus) matthewi, Citellus (Otospermophilus) shotwelli, Citellus (Otospermophilus) tephrus, Citellus (Otospermophilus) wilsoni, Otospermophilus beecheyi, Otospermophilus variegatus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Matachic, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in Mexico
Ecology: scansorial granivore-frugivore
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of Mexico (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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