Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae

Alternative combinations: Citellus mckayensis, Spermophilus mckayensis

Full reference: J. A. Shotwell. 1956. Hemphillian mammalian assemblage from northeastern Oregon. Geological Society America Bulletin 67

Belongs to Citellus (Citellus) according to C. C. Black 1963

See also Kelly 1997, Shotwell 1956 and Shotwell 1968

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UOMNH F-3627, a mandible (left lower jaw fragment). Its type locality is McKay Reservoir, which is in a Hemphillian pond sandstone in the McKay Formation of Oregon.

Ecology: scansorial granivore-frugivore

Distribution: found only at McKay Reservoir

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.