Tropical ground squirrel
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| Tropical ground squirrel | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Genus: | Notocitellus |
| Species: | N. adocetus |
| Binomial name | |
| Notocitellus adocetus (Merriam, 1903) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Spermophilus adocetus |
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The tropical ground squirrel (Notocitellus adocetus) is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is endemic to upland shrub in northern Mexico.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ de Grammont, P. C. & Cuarón, A. (2008). "Spermophilus adocetus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 3.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 8 January 2009.
- ^ Helgen, Kristofer M.; Cole, F. Russel; Helgen, Lauren E.; and Wilson, Don E (2009). "Generic Revision in the Holarctic Ground Squirrel Genus Spermophilus". Journal of Mammalogy 90 (2): 270–305. doi:10.1644/07-MAMM-A-309.1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 October 2011.
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