Spermophilus (Poliocitellus) franklinii (Sabine 1822)
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Spermophilus (Poliocitellus) franklinii (Sabine 1822) |
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Spermophilus (Poliocitellus) franklinii (Sabine 1822)
[Arctomys] franklinii Sabine 1822 , Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., 13: 587.
Type Locality: None specified. Restricted by Preble (1908:165) to Carlton House, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Vernacular Names: Franklin's Ground Squirrel.
Distribution: N Great Plains; Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba ( Canada), south to Kansas, Illinois, and Indiana ( USA).
Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable.
Discussion: Subgenus Poliocitellus ( Hall, 1981:397) . Molecular sequence data ( Harrison et al., 2003) group this species with Xerospermophilus , Ictidomys and Cynomys . Reviewed by Ostroff and Finck (2003, Mammalian Species No. 724).
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