Poliocitellus franklinii

Poliocitellus franklinii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sciuromorpha
Template:Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Sciuromorpha

Familia: Sciuridae
Subfamilia: Xerinae
Tribus: Marmotini
Genus: Poliocitellus
Species: Poliocitellus franklinii

Name

Poliocitellus franklinii (Sabine, 1822)

Type locality: none specified. Restricted by Preble (1908:165) to Carlton House, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Synonyms

• Arctomys franklinii Sabine, 1822 (Original combination)
• Spermophilus franklini (Sabine, 1822): Lesson, 1827
• Arctomis franklini (Sabine, 1822): Lesson, 1827
• Citellus (Ictidomys) franklini (Sabine, 1822): Preble, 1908

References

• Sabine, J. 1822. Account of the marmots of North America hitherto known, with notices and descriptions of three new species. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 13: 579–591. BHL Reference page. : 587.
• Lesson, R.P. 1827. Manuel de mammalogie. Roret, Paris, France.
• Preble, E.A. 1908. A biological investigation of the Athabaska-Mackenzie region. North American Fauna 27. BHL Reference page. : 165.
• Ostroff, A. C. and E. J. Finck, 2003. Spermophilus franklinii. Mammalian Species, 724: 1–5.
• Helgen, K.M., Cole, F.R., Helgen, L.E. & Wilson, D.E. 2009. Generic Revision in the Holarctic Ground Squirrel Genus Spermophilus. Journal of Mammalogy 90(2): 270–305. DOI: 10.1644/07-MAMM-A-309.1 JSTOR PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Poliocitellus franklinii in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• IUCN: Spermophilus franklinii (Sabine, 1822) (Least Concern)
• Spermophilus franklinii (Sabine, 1822) – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

English: Franklin's Ground Squirrel
magyar: Hosszúfarkú ürge

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