Spermophilus adocetus Merriam 1903
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Spermophilus adocetus Merriam 1903
Spermophilus adocetus Merriam 1903, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 16: 79.
Type Locality: "La Salada, 40 miles [64 km] south of Uruapan, Michoacan, Mexico.".
Vernacular Names: Tropical Ground Squirrel.
Subspecies::
Subspecies Spermophilus adocetus subsp. adocetus Merriam 1903
Subspecies Spermophilus adocetus subsp. infernatus Alvarez and Ramírez-P. 1968
Distribution: E Jalisco, Michoacan, and N Guerrero (WC Mexico).
Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion: Subgenus Notocitellus (A. H. Howell, 1938) or Otospermophilus (Hall, 1981:399); but see also Birney and Genoways (1973) who suggested it is closer to subgenus Ictidomys. Molecular sequence data indicate that adocetus and annulatus are sister species (Harrison et al., 2003), and basal to all other spermophiline ground squirrels, except Ammospermophilus. Reviewed by Best (1995 g, Mammalian Species No. 504).
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- Is part of
- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/91C4B717759630DB830679AF52629BE0 (URL)
- Is source of
- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/4DB4FE15ABACE1EB0176A27BE4A71204 (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/231538429 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Merriam
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Sciuridae
- Genus
- Spermophilus
- Species
- adocetus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Spermophilus adocetus Merriam, 1903 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005
References
- Howell, A. H. 1938. Revision of the North American ground squirrels, with a classification of the North American Sciuridae. North American Fauna, 56: 1 - 256.
- Hall, E. R. 1981. The mammals of North America. Second ed. John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1: 1 - 600 + 90, 2: 601 - 1181 + 90.
- Birney, E. C., and H. H. Genoways. 1973. Chromosomes of Spermophilus adocetus (Mammalia, Sciuridae), with comments on the subgeneric affinities of the species. Experientia, 29: 228 - 229.
- Harrison, R. G., S. M. Bogdanowicz, R. S. Hoffmann, E. Yensen, and P. W. Sherman. 2003. Phylogeny and evolutionary history of the ground squirrels (Rodentia, Marmotinae). Journal of Molecular Evolution, 10 (3): 249 - 276.
- Best, T. L. 1995 g. Spermophilus adocetus. Mammalian Species, 504: 1 - 4.