Spermophilus (Xerospermophilus) tereticaudus Baird 1858

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 754-818 : 811

Spermophilus (Xerospermophilus) tereticaudus Baird 1858

Spermophilus (Xerospermophilus) tereticaudus Baird 1858 , Mammalia, in: Repts. U. S. Expl. Surv., Vol. 8, 1: 315.

Type Locality: [Old] "Fort Yuma" [Imperial Co., California, USA].

Vernacular Names: Round-tailed Ground Squirrel.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Spermophilus (Xerospermophilus) tereticaudus subsp. tereticaudus Baird 1858

Subspecies Spermophilus (Xerospermophilus) tereticaudus subsp. apricus Huey 1927

Subspecies Spermophilus (Xerospermophilus) tereticaudus subsp. chlorus Elliot 1904

Subspecies Spermophilus (Xerospermophilus) tereticaudus subsp. neglectus Merriam 1889

Distribution: Deserts of SE California, S Nevada, W Arizona ( USA), NE Baja California and Sonora ( Mexico).

Conservation: U.S. ESA – Candidate taxon as S. t. chlorus; IUCN – Data Deficient as S. t. chlorus, otherwise Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Xerospermophilus ( Hall, 1981:405) . Reviewed by Ernest and Mares (1987, Mammalian Species No. 274). See also mohavensis .