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Spotted Ground Squirrel
Xerospermophilus spilosoma (E. T. Bennett, 1833)

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

Scientific synonyms

Spermophilus spilosoma Bennett, 1833

Included taxa

Number of records: 13

subspecies Xerospermophilus spilosoma altiplanensis (Anderson, 1972)
subspecies Xerospermophilus spilosoma ammophilus (Hoffmeister, 1959)
subspecies Xerospermophilus spilosoma annectens (Merriam, 1893)
subspecies Xerospermophilus spilosoma bavicorensis (Anderson, 1972)
subspecies Xerospermophilus spilosoma cabrerai (Dalquest, 1951)
subspecies Xerospermophilus spilosoma canescens (Merriam, 1890)
subspecies Xerospermophilus spilosoma cryptospilotus (Merriam, 1890)
subspecies Xerospermophilus spilosoma marginatus (V. Bailey, 1902)
subspecies Xerospermophilus spilosoma obsoletus (Kennicott, 1863)
subspecies Xerospermophilus spilosoma oricolus (Alvarez, 1962)
subspecies Xerospermophilus spilosoma pallescens (A. H. Howell, 1928)
subspecies Xerospermophilus spilosoma pratensis (Merriam, 1890)
subspecies Xerospermophilus spilosoma spilosoma (Bennett, 1833)

Links and literature

EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2024-1 [42563]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/] [as Xerospermophilus spilosoma Bennett, 1833]
Data retrieved on: 29 January 2024
EN ASM Mammal Diversity Database 2.1 [1001800]

ASM Mammal Diversity Database [https://www.mammaldiversity.org/], American Society of Mammalogists [as Xerospermophilus spilosoma (E. T. Bennett, 1833)]
Data retrieved on: 29 May 2025
EN 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] [as Spermophilus spilosoma Bennett, 1833]
Data retrieved on: 5 December 2008

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