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Urocitellus (Holarctic ground squirrel)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Taxonomy
Urocitellus was named by Obolenskij (1927). It is extant.

It was assigned to Marmotini by Helgen et al. (2009).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1817Anisonyx Rafinesque
1927Urocitellus Obolenskij
2009Urocitellus Helgen et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
superfamilySciuroidea
familySciuridae
tribeMarmotini
genusUrocitellusObolenskij 1927

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. Urocitellus Obolenskij 1927 [Holarctic ground squirrel]
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Urocitellus elegans Kennicott 1863 [Wyoming ground squirrel]
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Invalid names: Citellus kimballensis Kent 1967 [synonym]
Urocitellus parryii Richardson 1825 [arctic ground squirrel]
Urocitellus townsendii Bachman 1839 [Townsend's ground squirrel]
Invalid names: Anisonyx Rafinesque 1817 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available