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Spermophilus shotwelli

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Taxonomy
Citellus shotwelli was named by Black (1963).

It was recombined as Otospermophilus shotwelli by Barnosky (1986); it was recombined as Spermophilus shotwelli by Shotwell (1968), Wilson and Reeder (1993) and Korth (1994).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Citellus shotwelli Black
1968Spermophilus shotwelli Shotwell
1986Otospermophilus shotwelli Barnosky
1993Spermophilus shotwelli Wilson and Reeder
1994Spermophilus shotwelli Korth

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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
speciesshotwelli()

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 shotwelli Black 1963
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available