Spermophilus (Ictidomys) mexicanus (Erxleben 1777)

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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scientific name	Spermophilus (Ictidomys) mexicanus (Erxleben 1777)
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[Sciurus] mexicanus Erxleben 1777 , Systema Regni Animalis, Vol. 1: 428.

Type Locality: "in nova Hispania?" Restricted by Mearns (1896:443) to "Toluca, [ Mexico,] Mexico." .

Vernacular Names: Mexican Ground Squirrel.

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Subspecies Spermophilus (Ictidomys) mexicanus subsp. mexicanus Erxleben 1777

Subspecies Spermophilus (Ictidomys) mexicanus subsp. parvidens Mearns 1896

Distribution: S New Mexico and W Texas ( USA) to Jalisco and S Puebla (C Mexico).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Ictidomys ( Hall, 1981:394) . Known to hybridize at several localities with tridecemlineatus ( Cothran and Honeycutt, 1984; Cothran et al., 1977). Reviewed by Young and Jones (1982, Mammalian Species No. 164).