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Taxonomy
Spermophilus was named by Cuvier (1825). It is extant.
It was assigned to Arctomina by Gray (1825); to Sciuridae by Cuvier (1825), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Marmotini by Mercer and Roth (2003) and Helgen et al. (2009).
It was assigned to Arctomina by Gray (1825); to Sciuridae by Cuvier (1825), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Marmotini by Mercer and Roth (2003) and Helgen et al. (2009).
Species
Citellus ridgwayi, S. armatus, S. boothi, S. cochisei, S. columbianus, S. cragini, S. cyanocittus, S. dotti, S. finlayensis, S. fricki, S. howelli, S. jerae, S. johnstoni, S. lorisrusselli, S. matachicensis, S. matthewi, S. mcgheei, S. mckayensis, S. meadensis, S. meltoni, S. primitivus, S. rexroadensis, S. russelli, S. shotwelli, S. spilosoma, S. superciliosus, S. taylori, S. tridecemlineatus, S. tuitus, S. wellingtonensis, S. wilsoni
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1816 | Citellus Oken |
| 1825 | Spermophilus Cuvier |
| 1825 | Spermophilus Gray p. 342 |
| 1980 | Spermophilus Kurten and Anderson p. 212 |
| 1997 | Spermophilus McKenna and Bell |
| 2003 | Spermophilus Mercer and Roth |
| 2009 | Spermophilus 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. Spermophilus Cuvier 1825 [ground squirrel]
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Spermophilus armatus Kennicott 1863
†Spermophilus boothi Hibbard 1972
†Spermophilus cochisei Gidley 1922
Spermophilus columbianus Ord 1815 [Columbian ground squirrel]
†Spermophilus cragini Hibbard 1941
†Spermophilus cyanocittus Korth 1997
†Spermophilus dotti Hibbard 1954
†Spermophilus finlayensis Strain 1966
†Spermophilus fricki Hibbard 1942
†Spermophilus howelli Hibbard 1941
†Spermophilus jerae Sutton and Korth 1995
†Spermophilus johnstoni Hibbard 1972
†Spermophilus lorisrusselli Hibbard 1976
†Spermophilus matachicensis Wilson 1949
†Spermophilus matthewi Black 1963
†Spermophilus mcgheei Strain 1966
†Spermophilus mckayensis Shotwell 1956
†Spermophilus meadensis Hibbard 1941
†Spermophilus meltoni Hibbard 1972
†Spermophilus primitivus Bryant 1945
†Spermophilus rexroadensis Hibbard 1941
†Spermophilus russelli Gustafson 1978
†Spermophilus shotwelli Black 1963
Spermophilus spilosoma Bennett 1833 [spotted ground squirrel]
†Spermophilus superciliosus Kaup 1839
†Spermophilus taylori Hay 1921
Spermophilus tridecemlineatus Mitchell 1821 [thirteen-lined ground squirrel]
†Spermophilus tuitus Hay 1921
†Spermophilus wellingtonensis Kelly 1997
†Spermophilus wilsoni Shotwell 1956
Invalid names: Citellus Oken 1816 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available