| Espíritu Santo antelope squirrel | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Genus: | Ammospermophilus |
| Species: | A. insularis |
| Binomial name | |
| Ammospermophilus insularis Nelson and Goldman, 1909 |
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The Espíritu Santo antelope squirrel (Ammospermophilus insularis) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.[1] It is endemic to Mexico, where it is known only from the island of Espíritu Santo in the Gulf of California. It is considered a synonym of Ammospermophilus leucurus by the 2008 IUCN Red List.