Spermophilus F. Cuvier, 1825 . Des Dentes des Mammiferes, p. 255.

REVIEWED BY: C. L. Elliott (CLE); D. J. Hafner (DJH); D. A. Sutton (DAS)(N. America, in part).

COMMENT: (= Citellus); see Corbet, 1978:82, and Hershkovitz, 1949, J. Mammal., 30:82. Includes Otospermophilus, Xerospermophilus, Poliocitellus, Ictidomys, and Callospermophilus as subgenera; see Hall, 1981:382. North American species revised by Howell, 1938, N. Am. Fauna, 56:1 -256. Eurasian species revised by Gromov et al., 1965, who also recognized Colobotis and Urocitellus as subgenera; but see Hall, 1981:382.

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