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Callospermophilus lateralis (golden-mantled ground squirrel)
Taxonomy
Sciurus lateralis was named by Say (1823). It is extant. It is the type species of Callospermophilus.
It was recombined as Citellus lateralis by Sealander (1964); it was recombined as Spermophilus lateralis by Kurten and Anderson (1980); it was recombined as Callospermophilus lateralis by Helgen et al. (2009).
It was recombined as Citellus lateralis by Sealander (1964); it was recombined as Spermophilus lateralis by Kurten and Anderson (1980); it was recombined as Callospermophilus lateralis by Helgen et al. (2009).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1823 | Sciurus lateralis Say |
| 1890 | Spermophilus chrysodeirus Merriam |
| 1932 | Callospermophilus chrysodeirus Gazin |
| 1964 | Citellus lateralis Sealander p. 602 |
| 1980 | Spermophilus lateralis Kurten and Anderson p. 217 |
| 2009 | Callospermophilus lateralis Helgen et al. |
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Callospermophilus lateralis Say 1823 [golden-mantled ground squirrel]
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Invalid names: Spermophilus chrysodeirus Merriam 1890 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Irvingtonian | USA (New Mexico) | Spermophilus lateralis (20505 20506) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Colorado) | Spermophilus sp. (20477) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (Colorado) | Spermophilus lateralis (20369) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial) | USA (California) | Callospermophilus chrysodeirus (155393) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | Canada (Alberta) | Spermophilus lateralis (93528) |