Spermophilus (Ictidomys) tridecemlineatus (Mitchill 1821)

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 : 812

Spermophilus (Ictidomys) tridecemlineatus (Mitchill 1821)

[Sciurus] tridecemlineatus Mitchill 1821 , Med. Repos. (NY), n. s., 6 (21): 248.

Type Locality: "...region bordering the sources of the river Mississippi ..."; restricted by J. A. Allen (1895 b:338) to C Minnesota [ USA] .

Vernacular Names: Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Spermophilus (Ictidomys) tridecemlineatus subsp. tridecemlineatus Mitchill 1821

Subspecies Spermophilus (Ictidomys) tridecemlineatus subsp. alleni Merriam 1898

Subspecies Spermophilus (Ictidomys) tridecemlineatus subsp. arenicola A. H. Howell 1928

Subspecies Spermophilus (Ictidomys) tridecemlineatus subsp. blanca Armstrong 1971

Subspecies Spermophilus (Ictidomys) tridecemlineatus subsp. hollisteri V. Bailey 1913

Subspecies Spermophilus (Ictidomys) tridecemlineatus subsp. monticola A. H. Howell 1928

Subspecies Spermophilus (Ictidomys) tridecemlineatus subsp. olivaceous J. A. Allen 1895

Subspecies Spermophilus (Ictidomys) tridecemlineatus subsp. pallidus J. A. Allen 1874

Subspecies Spermophilus (Ictidomys) tridecemlineatus subsp. parvus J. A. Allen 1895

Subspecies Spermophilus (Ictidomys) tridecemlineatus subsp. texensis Merriam 1898

Distribution: Great Plains, from C Texas to E Utah, Ohio ( USA) and SC Canada.

Conservation: IUCN – Data Deficient as S. t. alleni , otherwise Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Ictidomys ( Hall, 1981:391) . Reviewed by Streubel and Fitzgerald (1978 b, Mammalian Species No. 103). See also comment under mexicanus .