Wyoming ground squirrel
| Wyoming ground squirrel Urocitellus elegans Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Genus: | Urocitellus |
| Species: | U. elegans
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The Wyoming ground squirrel (Urocitellus elegans) is a species of rodents in the family Sciuridae.
It is endemic to the Northwestern United States.
See also
References
- ^ Yensen, E.; Mabee, T. (NatureServe); Hammerson, G. (NatureServe) (2008). "Spermophilus elegans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 8 January 2009.
{{cite journal}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help); Unknown parameter|last-author-amp=ignored (|name-list-style=suggested) (help) - ^ Descriptions of four new species of Spermophilus, in the collections of the Smithsonian Institution. R Kennicott, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of …, 1863
- A pale mutation in the ground squirrel: An Albinoid Color-phase in Citellus elegans Resembling the Recessive Cream Mutation in the Rat. Frank H. Clark and William L. Jellison, J Hered (1937) 28 (7), pages 259–260, doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a104375
- Life-history studies of the Wyoming ground squirrel (Citellus elegans elegans) in Colorado. William L. Burnett, Bulletin of the Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station, 1931 (URL)
External links
- "Spermophilus elegans". Fossilworks. Gateway to the Paleobiology Database.