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Spermophilus columbianus (Columbian ground squirrel)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Taxonomy
Arctomys columbianus was named by Ord (1815). It is extant.

It was recombined as Citellus columbianus by Sealander (1964); it was recombined as Spermophilus columbianus by Kurten and Anderson (1980).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Arctomys columbianus Ord
1964Citellus columbianus Sealander p. 602
1980Spermophilus columbianus Kurten and Anderson p. 215

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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
genusSpermophilusCuvier 1825
speciescolumbianus(Ord 1815)

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.

Spermophilus columbianus Ord 1815 [Columbian ground squirrel]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semifossorialg
Diet: granivoref
Diet 2: frugivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-05-15 10:05:16
Modified: 2012-05-14 21:55:07
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Fernández et al. 2000, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12600 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.126 - 0.0117Canada (Alberta) Spermophilus columbianus (93528)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Montana) Spermophilus columbianus (162133)