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Cynomys gunnisoni (Gunnison's prairie dog)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Taxonomy
Spermophilus gunnisoni was named by Baird (1855) [also said to be 1858]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Cynomys gunnisoni by Baird (1858), Hollister (1916), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Hall (1981) and Goodwin (1995).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1855Spermophilus gunnisoni Baird
1858Cynomys gunnisoni Baird
1916Cynomys gunnisoni Hollister
1980Cynomys gunnisoni Kurten and Anderson p. 219
1981Cynomys gunnisoni Hall
1995Cynomys gunnisoni Goodwin

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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()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
superfamilySciuroidea
familySciuridae
tribeMarmotini
genusCynomysRafinesque 1817
speciesgunnisoni(Baird 1855)

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.

Cynomys gunnisoni Baird 1855 [Gunnison's prairie dog]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semifossorialg
Diet: granivoref
Diet 2: frugivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-05-12 18:11:35
Modified: 2012-05-14 19:04:35
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Dunn and Rasmussen 2007, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 1.80000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0USA (Texas) Cynomys gunnisoni (93258)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Kansas) Cynomys gunnisoni (20291)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Cynomys gunnisoni (93141)