Spermophilus (Callospermophilus) lateralis (Say 1823)

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 : 807

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scientific name	Spermophilus (Callospermophilus) lateralis (Say 1823)
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[Sciurus] lateralis Say 1823 , in: Long, Account Exped. Pittsburgh to Rocky Mtns, Vol. 2: 46.

Type Locality: "near Cañon City." Restricted by Merriam (1905:163) to Arkansas River, about 26 mi. [42 km] below Canyon City, Fremont Co., Colorado ( USA).

Vernacular Names: Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Spermophilus (Callospermophilus) lateralis subsp. lateralis Say 1823

Subspecies Spermophilus (Callospermophilus) lateralis subsp. arizonensis V. Bailey 1913

Subspecies Spermophilus (Callospermophilus) lateralis subsp. bernardinus Merriam 1898

Subspecies Spermophilus (Callospermophilus) lateralis subsp. castanurus Merriam 1890

Subspecies Spermophilus (Callospermophilus) lateralis subsp. certus Goldman 1921

Subspecies Spermophilus (Callospermophilus) lateralis subsp. chrysodeirus Merriam 1890

Subspecies Spermophilus (Callospermophilus) lateralis subsp. cinerascens Merriam 1890

Subspecies Spermophilus (Callospermophilus) lateralis subsp. connectens A. H. Howell 1931

Subspecies Spermophilus (Callospermophilus) lateralis subsp. mitratus A. H. Howell 1931

Subspecies Spermophilus (Callospermophilus) lateralis subsp. tescorum Hollister 1911

Subspecies Spermophilus (Callospermophilus) lateralis subsp. trepidus Taylor 1910

Subspecies Spermophilus (Callospermophilus) lateralis subsp. trinitatus Merriam 1901

Subspecies Spermophilus (Callospermophilus) lateralis subsp. wortmani J. A. Allen 1895

Distribution: Montane W North America, from C British Columbia to S New Mexico in the Rocky Mtns, and the Columbia River south to S California and Nevada.

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

Discussion: Subgenus Callospermophilus ( Hall, 1981:382-406) . Gromov et al. (1965:70;150), in contrast to Hall (1981) considered Callospermophilus a subgenus of the genus Otospermophilus . Reviewed by Bartels and Thompson (1993, Mammalian Species No. 440).