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Taxonomy
Otospermophilus was named by Brandt (1844). It is extant.
It was reranked as Citellus (Otospermophilus) by Bryant (1945); it was synonymized subjectively with Citellus by Shotwell (1956) and Black (1963); it was synonymized subjectively with Spermophilus by Hall (1981), Wilson and Reeder (1993), Korth (1994), Sutton and Korth (1995).
It was assigned to Sciuridae by Schultz and Howard (1935); to Citellus by Bryant (1945); and to Marmotini by Helgen et al. (2009).
It was reranked as Citellus (Otospermophilus) by Bryant (1945); it was synonymized subjectively with Citellus by Shotwell (1956) and Black (1963); it was synonymized subjectively with Spermophilus by Hall (1981), Wilson and Reeder (1993), Korth (1994), Sutton and Korth (1995).
It was assigned to Sciuridae by Schultz and Howard (1935); to Citellus by Bryant (1945); and to Marmotini by Helgen et al. (2009).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1844 | Otospermophilus Brandt |
| 1935 | Otospermophilus Schultz and Howard p. 279 |
| 1942 | Otospermophilus Stirton and Goeriz |
| 1945 | Citellus (Otospermophilus) Bryant p. 353 |
| 1965 | Otospermophilus Gromov and et al. |
| 1986 | Otospermophilus Barnosky |
| 2009 | Otospermophilus 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. Otospermophilus Brandt 1844
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†Citellus (Otospermophilus) argonautus Stirton and Goeriz 1942
†Citellus (Otospermophilus) bensoni Gidley 1922
†Citellus (Otospermophilus) gidleyi Merriam et al. 1925
Otospermophilus beecheyi Richardson 1823 [California ground squirrel]
Otospermophilus variegatus Erxleben 1777 [rock squirrel]
Otospermophilus variegatus grammurus Helgen et al. 2009 [rock squirrel]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available