Wyoming ground squirrel

The Wyoming ground squirrel (Urocitellus elegans) is a species of rodents in the family Sciuridae.

Wyoming ground squirrel
Urocitellus elegans
Temporal range: 1.8–0 Ma
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Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Urocitellus
Species:
U. elegans
Binomial name
Urocitellus elegans
(Kennicott, 1863)[2]
Synonyms
  • Citellus elegans Kennicott, 1863
  • Citellus kimballensis Kent, 1967
  • Spermophilus elegans Kennicott, 1863

It is endemic to the Northwestern United States.

See also

References
  1. Yensen, E.; Mabee, T. (NatureServe) & Hammerson, G. (NatureServe) (2008). "Spermophilus elegans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 8 January 2009.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. 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)


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