Rock squirrel
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| Rock squirrel | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Genus: | Otospermophilus |
| Species: | O. variegatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Otospermophilus variegatus (Erxleben, 1777) | |
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Spermophilus variegatus | |
The rock squirrel (Otospermophilus variegatus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in Mexico and the United States. It is 43–53 cm (17–21 in) long.[2]
Alarm call
References
- ↑ Linzey, A. V., Timm, R., Álvarez-Castañeda, S. T., Castro-Arellano, I. & Lacher, T. (2008). Spermophilus variegatus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 8 January 2009.
- ↑ Helgen, Kristofer M.; Cole, F. Russel; Helgen, Lauren E.; and Wilson, Don E (2009). "Generic Revision in the Holarctic Ground Squirrel Genus Spermophilus". Journal of Mammalogy 90 (2): 270–305. doi:10.1644/07-MAMM-A-309.1. Archived from the original on 22 October 2011.
External links
- Smithsonian rock squirrel article
- The American Society of Mammalogists species account
- Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
Media related to Otospermophilus variegatus at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Otospermophilus variegatus at Wikispecies
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