Spermophilus (Ictidomys) spilosoma Bennett 1833

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 : 811

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scientific name	Spermophilus (Ictidomys) spilosoma Bennett 1833
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Spermophilus (Ictidomys) spilosoma Bennett 1833 View in CoL

Spermophilus (Ictidomys) spilosoma Bennett 1833 View in CoL , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1833: 40.

Type Locality: "that part of California which adjoins to Mexico." Restricted by A. H. Howell (1938:122) to Durango [City], Durango, Mexico.

Vernacular Names: Spotted Ground Squirrel.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Spermophilus (Ictidomys) spilosoma subsp. spilosoma Bennett 1833

Subspecies Spermophilus (Ictidomys) spilosoma subsp. altiplanensis Anderson 1972

Subspecies Spermophilus (Ictidomys) spilosoma subsp. ammophilus Hoffmeister 1959

Subspecies Spermophilus (Ictidomys) spilosoma subsp. annectens Merriam 1893

Subspecies Spermophilus (Ictidomys) spilosoma subsp. bavicorensis Anderson 1972

Subspecies Spermophilus (Ictidomys) spilosoma subsp. cabrerai Dalquest 1951

Subspecies Spermophilus (Ictidomys) spilosoma subsp. canescens Merriam 1890

Subspecies Spermophilus (Ictidomys) spilosoma subsp. cryptospilotus Merriam 1890

Subspecies Spermophilus (Ictidomys) spilosoma subsp. marginatus V. Bailey 1902

Subspecies Spermophilus (Ictidomys) spilosoma subsp. obsoletus Kennicott 1863

Subspecies Spermophilus (Ictidomys) spilosoma subsp. oricolus Alvarez 1962

Subspecies Spermophilus (Ictidomys) spilosoma subsp. pallescens A. H. Howell 1928

Subspecies Spermophilus (Ictidomys) spilosoma subsp. pratensis Merriam 1890

Distribution: C Mexico to S Texas, SW South Dakota, and NW Arizona ( USA).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Ictidomys ( Hall, 1981:395) . Reviewed by Streubel and Fitzgerald (1978 a, Mammalian Species No. 101). See comment under perotensis . Chromosomes of the race cabrerai described by Uribe-Alcocer et al. (1978).