Spermophilus columbianus (Ord 1815)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 754-818 : 806

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scientific name	Spermophilus columbianus (Ord 1815)
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[Arctomys] columbianus Ord 1815 , in: Guthrie, New Geogr., Hist., Coml. Grammar, Philadelphia, 2nd ed., Vol. 2: 292.

Type Locality: "Between the forks of the Clearwater and Kooskooskie rivers," [Idaho Co., Idaho, USA].

Vernacular Names: Columbian Ground Squirrel.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Spermophilus columbianus subsp. columbianus Ord 1815

Subspecies Spermophilus columbianus subsp. ruficaudus A. H. Howell 1928

Distribution: SE British Columbia and W Alberta ( Canada) to NE Oregon, C Idaho, and C Montana ( USA).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Urocitellus according to Gromov et al. (1965:196), but Hall (1981:381) included Urocitellus in subgenus Spermophilus . Chromosomes described by Nadler et al. (1975 a). Reviewed by Elliot and Flinders (1991, Mammalian Species No. 372).