Spermophilus mohavensis Merriam, 1889

Robert S. Hoffmann & Charles G. Anderson, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 419-465 : 447

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Spermophilus mohavensis Merriam, 1889 View in CoL . N. Am. 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 .

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

COMMENTS: Subgenus Xerospermophilus ; ( Hall, 1981:405). Most closely related to S. tereticaudus ( Hafner and Yates, 1983) ; hybridizes at one locality.