Spermophilus (Spermophilus) elegans Kennicott 1863

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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Spermophilus (Spermophilus) elegans Kennicott 1863 , Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia: 158.

Type Locality: "Fort Bridger," [Uinta Co., Wyoming, USA].

Vernacular Names: Wyoming Ground Squirrel.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Spermophilus (Spermophilus) elegans subsp. elegans Kennicott 1863

Subspecies Spermophilus (Spermophilus) elegans subsp. aureus Davis 1939

Subspecies Spermophilus (Spermophilus) elegans subsp. nevadensis A. H. Howell 1928

Distribution: NE Nevada, SE Oregon, S Idaho, and SW Montana to C Colorado and W Nebraska ( USA).

Conservation: IUCN – Data Deficient as S. e. nevadensis; otherwise Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Spermophilus ( Hall, 1981:385) . Regarded by A. H. Howell (1938) and Hall (1981:385) as a subspecies of richardsonii ; but Nadler et al. (1971 a), Robinson and Hoffmann (1975), Koeppl et al. (1978) and Fagerstone (1982) provided evidence of specific distinctness and included aureus and nevadensis in elegans . Sequence data ( Harrison et al., 2003) support this. Reviewed by Zegers (1984, Mammalian Species No. 214).