Spermophilus

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iSpermophilus Fossil range: Middle Miocene - Recent
California Ground Squirrel Spermophilus beecheyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Sciuridae Tribe: Marmotini Genus: Spermophilus F. Cuvier, 1825
Species
about 38: see text.

The genus Spermophilus is the largest genus of ground squirrels and the one that contains the species that are most common and familiar in North America. Members of the genus are found from western Europe to Siberia and Alaska to northern Mexico. Members of the genus are sometimes called sousliks or susliks.

[edit] Species

• Spermophilus adocetus
• Spermophilus alashanicus
• Spermophilus annulatus
• Spermophilus armatus
• Spermophilus atricapillus
• Spermophilus beecheyi - California Ground Squirrel.
• Spermophilus beldingi - Belding's Ground Squirrel.
• Spermophilus brunneus - Idaho Ground Squirrel.
• Spermophilus canus
• Spermophilus citellus - European ground squirrel.
• Spermophilus columbianus
• Spermophilus dauricus
• Spermophilus elegans
• Spermophilus erythrogenys
• Spermophilus franklinii - Franklin's Ground Squirrel.
• Spermophilus fulvus
• Spermophilus lateralis - Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel.
• Spermophilus madrensis
• Spermophilus major
• Spermophilus mexicanus
• Spermophilus mohavensis - Mohave Ground Squirrel
• Spermophilus mollis
• Spermophilus musicus
• Spermophilus parryii - Arctic Ground Squirrel
• Spermophilus perotensis
• Spermophilus pygmaeus
• Spermophilus relictus
• Spermophilus richardsonii - Richardson's Ground Squirrel.
• Spermophilus saturatus
• Spermophilus spilosoma
• Spermophilus suslicus - Spotted Ground Squirrel
• Spermophilus tereticaudus - Round-tailed Ground Squirrel.
• Spermophilus townsendii
• Spermophilus tridecemlineatus - Thirteen-lined ground squirrel.
• Spermophilus undulatus
• Spermophilus variegatus
• Spermophilus washingtoni - Washington Ground Squirrel
• Spermophilus xanthoprymnus