Spermophilus (Xerospermophilus) mohavensis Merriam 1889

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 : 808

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Spermophilus (Xerospermophilus) mohavensis Merriam 1889
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Spermophilus (Xerospermophilus) mohavensis Merriam 1889 View in CoL

Spermophilus (Xerospermophilus) mohavensis Merriam 1889 View in CoL , N. Amer. Fauna, 2: 15.

Type Locality: "Mohave River, California [ USA]." Restricted by Grinnell and Dixon (1918) to near Rabbit Springs, about 15 mi. (24 km) E Hesperia, San Bernardino Co.

Vernacular Names: Mohave Ground Squirrel.

Distribution: NW Mohave Desert and Owens Valley (S California, USA).

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: Subgenus Xerospermophilus ; ( Hall, 1981:405). Most closely related to S. tereticaudus ( Hafner and Yates, 1983) ; hybridizes at three localities, but the hybrid zone is narrow and stable ( Hafner, 1992). Reviewed by Best (1995 i, Mammalian Species No. 509).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Sciuridae

Genus

Spermophilus

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Spermophilus (Xerospermophilus) mohavensis Merriam 1889

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Spermophilus (Xerospermophilus) mohavensis

Merriam 1889: 15
1889
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