Urocitellus richardsonii

Urocitellus richardsonii

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Sciuridae
Subfamilia: Xerinae
Tribus: Marmotini
Genus: Urocitellus
Species: Urocitellus richardsonii

Name

Urocitellus richardsonii (Sabine, 1822)

• Etymology: named after Scottish naturalist Sir John Richardson.
• Type locality: Carlton-House [Saskatchewan, Canada].

Synonyms

• Arctomys richardsonii Sabine, 1822 (Original combination)
• Citellus richardsonii (Sabine, 1822)
• Spermophilus richardsonii (Sabine, 1822)

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. : 589
• 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. 

Vernacular names

English: Richardson's Ground Squirrel
polski: suseł Richardsona

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