Wyoming ground squirrel
| Wyoming ground squirrel Urocitellus elegans Temporal range: 1.8–0 Ma | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Genus: | Urocitellus |
| Species: | U. elegans |
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| Urocitellus elegans (Kennicott, 1863)[2] | |
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The Wyoming ground squirrel (Urocitellus elegans) is a species of rodents in the family Sciuridae.
It is endemic to the Northwestern United States.
See also
References
- ↑ Yensen, E.; Mabee, T. (NatureServe) & Hammerson, G. (NatureServe) (2008). "Spermophilus elegans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 8 January 2009.
- ↑ Descriptions of four new species of Spermophilus, in the collections of the Smithsonian Institution. R Kennicott, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of …, 1863
- A pale mutation in the ground squirrel: An Albinoid Color-phase in Citellus elegans Resembling the Recessive Cream Mutation in the Rat. Frank H. Clark and William L. Jellison, J Hered (1937) 28 (7), pages 259-260, doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a104375
- Life-history studies of the Wyoming ground squirrel (Citellus elegans elegans) in Colorado. William L. Burnett, Bulletin of the Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station, 1931 (URL)
External links
- Spermophilus elegans at fossilworks.org
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