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Taxonomy
Ammospermophilus was named by Merriam (1892). It is extant.
It was synonymized subjectively with Spermophilus by Hershkovitz (1949).
It was assigned to Sciuridae by Merriam (1892), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Wilson and Reeder (1993), McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Marmotini by Mercer and Roth (2003), Helgen et al. (2009).
It was synonymized subjectively with Spermophilus by Hershkovitz (1949).
It was assigned to Sciuridae by Merriam (1892), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Wilson and Reeder (1993), McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Marmotini by Mercer and Roth (2003), Helgen et al. (2009).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1892 | Ammospermophilus Merriam |
| 1980 | Ammospermophilus Kurten and Anderson p. 215 |
| 1993 | Ammospermophilus Wilson and Reeder |
| 1997 | Ammospermophilus McKenna and Bell |
| 2003 | Ammospermophilus Mercer and Roth |
| 2009 | Ammospermophilus Helgen et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Ammospermophilus Merriam 1892 [antelope squirrel]
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†Ammospermophilus fossilis James 1963
†Ammospermophilus hanfordi Gustafson 1978
Ammospermophilus interpres Merriam 1890 [Texas antelope squirrel]
†Ammospermophilus jeffriesi Miller 1980
†Ammospermophilus junturensis Shotwell and Russell 1963
Ammospermophilus leucurus Merriam 1889 [white-tailed antelope squirrel]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available