Otospermophilus
Otospermophilus is a genus of ground squirrels in the family Sciuridae, containing three species from Mexico and the United States. Otospermophilus was formerly placed in the large ground squirrel genus Spermophilus, as a subgenus or species group. Since DNA sequencing of the cytochrome b gene has shown Spermophilus to be paraphyletic to the prairie dogs and marmots, it is now separated, along with six other genera.
Species
California Ground Squirrel
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderRodentia
- FamilySciuridae
Observations60,329
Observations recorded82,703
via GBIF
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Article · Italiano
Otospermophilus Brandt, 1844 è un genere comprendente tre specie di citelli originari dell'America settentrionale.
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