Tropical ground squirrel
Tropical ground squirrel | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Sciuridae |
Genus: | Notocitellus |
Species: | N. adocetus |
Binomial name | |
Notocitellus adocetus (Merriam, 1903) | |
Synonyms | |
Spermophilus adocetus |
The tropical ground squirrel (Notocitellus adocetus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to upland shrub in northern Mexico.[2]
References
- ↑ de Grammont, P. C. & Cuarón, A. (2008). "Spermophilus adocetus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 3.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. 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 (PDF) on 22 October 2011.
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