Spermophilus (Spermophilus) townsendii Bachman 1839

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 : 812

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Spermophilus (Spermophilus) townsendii Bachman 1839
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Spermophilus (Spermophilus) townsendii Bachman 1839 View in CoL

Spermophilus (Spermophilus) townsendii Bachman 1839 View in CoL , J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 8: 61.

Type Locality: "On the Columbia River, about 300 miles [483 km] above its mouth." Restricted by A. H. Howell (1938:60, 62) to west bank of Walla Walla River near confluence with Columbia River [near Wallula, Walla Walla Co., Washington, USA].

Vernacular Names: Townsend's Ground Squirrel.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Spermophilus (Spermophilus) townsendii subsp. townsendii Bachman 1839

Subspecies Spermophilus (Spermophilus) townsendii subsp. nancyae Nadler 1968

Distribution: SE Washington ( USA), S of Yakima River and W and N of Columbia River.

Conservation: IUCN – Data Deficient.

Discussion: Subgenus Spermophilus ( Hall, 1981:382) . Formerly included two cytotypes ( mollis , canus ) now considered distinct species ( Nadler et al., 1984; Vorontsov and Lyapunova, 1970). Reviewed by Rickart (1987, Mammalian Species No. 268).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Sciuridae

Genus

Spermophilus

Loc

Spermophilus (Spermophilus) townsendii Bachman 1839

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Spermophilus (Spermophilus) townsendii

Bachman 1839: 61
1839
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