Urocitellus townsendii

Urocitellus townsendii

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Sciuridae
Subfamilia: Xerinae
Tribus: Marmotini
Genus: Urocitellus
Species: Urocitellus townsendii
Subspecies: U. t. nancyae – U. t. townsendii

Name

Urocitellus townsendii (Bachman, 1839)

• Type locality: On the Columbia River, about 300 miles [483 km] above its mouth. Restricted by A.H. Howell (1938:60, 62) to west bank of Walla Walla River near confluence with Columbia River (near Wallula, Walla Walla Co., Washington, USA).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
• Citellus townsendii (Bachman, 1839)
• Spermophilus townsendii Bachman, 1839 (Original combination)
• Heterotypic
• Spermophilus mollis yakimensis Merriam, 1898

References

Primary references

• Bachman, J. 1839. Description of several new species of American Quadrupeds. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8: 57–74. BHL Reference page. : 61
• Merriam, C.H. 1898. Descriptions of six new ground squirrels from the western United States. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 12: 69–71. BHL Reference page. : 69
• 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: Townsend's Ground Squirrel

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