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Otospermophilus beecheyi (California ground squirrel)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Taxonomy
Arctomys beecheyi was named by Richardson (1823). It is extant.

It was recombined as Spermophilus beecheyi by Kurten and Anderson (1980); it was recombined as Otospermophilus beecheyi by Gazin (1930) and Helgen et al. (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1823Arctomys beecheyi Richardson
1930Otospermophilus beecheyi Gazin
1980Spermophilus beecheyi Kurten and Anderson p. 217
2009Otospermophilus beecheyi 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()
—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
genusOtospermophilusBrandt 1844
speciesbeecheyi(Richardson 1823)

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.

Otospermophilus beecheyi Richardson 1823 [California ground squirrel]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: granivoref
Diet 2: frugivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 13:04:24
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Rancholabrean or 0.77400 to 0.01200 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (California) Spermophilus sp. (20187)
Irvingtonian - Rancholabrean1.8 - 0.012USA (California) Spermophilus beecheyi (20323)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Citellus beecheyi (20639)
Rancholabrean (glacial)0.3 - 0.012USA (California) Citellus beecheyi (20624)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Spermophilus beecheyi (20642)