Spermophilus townsendii Bachman, 1839

Robert S. Hoffmann & Charles G. Anderson, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 419-465 : 449-450

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

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

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

SYNONYMS: [ mollis ] yakimensis Merriam, 1898.

COMMENTS: 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, 268).