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The round-tailed ground squirrel (Xerospermophilus tereticaudus), known as "Ardillón cola redonda" in Spanish, live in the desert of the Southwestern United States and Northwestern Mexico. They are called " ground squirrels " because they burrow in loose soil, often under mesquite trees and creosote bushes .
The members of this genus were formerly placed in the large ground squirrel genus Spermophilus. Since DNA sequencing of the cytochrome b gene showed that Spermophilus (as then defined) was paraphyletic to the prairie dogs and marmots , [ 2 ] this group is now separated, along with six other genera. [ 3 ]
Spermophilus is a genus of ground squirrels in the squirrel family. [1] As traditionally defined the genus was very species-rich, ranging through Europe, Asia and North America, but this arrangement was found to be paraphyletic to the certainly distinct prairie dogs , marmots , and antelope squirrels .
Spermophilus tridecemlineatus The thirteen-lined ground squirrel ( Ictidomys tridecemlineatus ), also known as the striped gopher , leopard ground squirrel , and squinny (formerly known as the leopard-spermophile in the age of Audubon ), is a species of hibernating ground squirrel that is widely distributed over grasslands and prairies of North ...
California ground squirrel (Spermophilus beecheyi) Belding's ground squirrel (Spermophilus beldingi) Golden-mantled ground squirrel (Spermophilus lateralis) Mohave ground squirrel (Spermophilus mohavensis) Round-tailed ground squirrel (Spermophilus tereticaudus) Townsend's ground squirrel (Spermophilus townsendii) Rock squirrel (Spermophilus ...
The European ground squirrel (Spermophilus citellus), also known as the European souslik, is a species from the squirrel family, Sciuridae. [2] It is among the few European species in the genus Spermophilus .
California ground squirrel, Spermophilus beecheyi; Belding's ground squirrel, Spermophilus beldingi; Golden-mantled ground squirrel, Spermophilus lateralis; Mohave ground squirrel, Spermophilus mohavensis (endemic) Round-tailed ground squirrel, Spermophilus tereticaudus. Palm Springs round-tailed ground squirrel, S. t. chlorus (CDFW special ...
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