Urocitellus columbianus
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Familia: Sciuridae
Subfamilia: Xerinae
Tribus: Marmotini
Genus: Urocitellus
Species: Urocitellus columbianus
Subspecies: U. c. columbianus – U. c. ruficaudus
Name [edit]
Urocitellus columbianus Ord, 1815
Note [edit]
All the species of Urocitellus were previously believed to belong to the much larger genus Spermophilus[1], but DNA sequencing of the cytochrome b gene showed that this group was paraphyletic to the prairie dogs and marmots,[2], and could therefore no longer be retained as a single genus. As a result, Urocitellus is now considered as a genus in its own right.[3]
References [edit]
- ↑ Urocitellus clumbianus Ord, 1815 Report on ITIS
- ↑ Herron, Matthew D.; Castoe, Todd A.; Parkinson, Christopher L. (2004). "Sciurid phylogeny and the paraphyly of Holarctic ground squirrels (Spermophilus)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 31 (3). PMID 15120398.
- ↑ 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. http://www.mammalsociety.org/uploads/Helgen%20et%20al%202009.pdf.
Links [edit]
- North American Mammals: Urocitellus columbianus [1]
