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Rock Squirrel
Otospermophilus variegatus (Erxleben, 1777)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Mammalia - mammals »  order Rodentia - rodents »  family Sciuridae - squirrels

Scientific synonyms

Spermophilus variegatus (Erxleben, 1777)

Other names

= American Rock Squirrel

IUCN category:Least Concern

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Subordinated taxa

Number of records: 8

subspecies Otospermophilus variegatus buckleyi (Slack, 1861)
subspecies Otospermophilus variegatus couchii (Baird, 1855)
subspecies Otospermophilus variegatus grammurus (Say, 1823)
subspecies Otospermophilus variegatus robustus (Durrant & Hansen, 1954)
subspecies Otospermophilus variegatus rupestris (J. A. Allen, 1903)
subspecies Otospermophilus variegatus tularosae (Benson, 1932)
subspecies Otospermophilus variegatus utah (Merriam, 1903)
subspecies Otospermophilus variegatus variegatus (Erxleben, 1777)

Links and literature

EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011.2 [20495] [as Spermophilus variegatus (Erxleben, 1777)]
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/]
Data retrieved on: 2012/05/26
EN Mammal Species of the World (MSW). A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed) [as Spermophilus variegatus Erxleben, 1777]
Wilson D. E., Reeder D. M. (editors) (2005): Mammal Species of the World (MSW). A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed) [http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3]
Data retrieved on: 2008/12/05
CZ Anděra M. (1999): České názvy živočichů II. Savci (Mammalia), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 147 pp. [as Spermophilus variegatus (Erxleben, 1777)]

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