Mohave Ground Squirrel

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iMohave Ground Squirrel
Conservation status
Vulnerable (VU)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Sciuridae Genus: Spermophilus Species: S. mohavensis
Binomial name
Spermophilus mohavensis Merriam, 1889

The Mohave Ground Squirrel, Spermophilus mohavensis, is a species of ground squirrel found only in the western Mojave Desert, California. It is listed as an endangered species in California, but not in the United States, the IUCN lists the species as vulnerable.

[edit] References

• Hafner (2000). Spermophilus mohavensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006.
  
  Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is vulnerable and the criteria used