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Baja California rock squirrel

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Baja California rock squirrel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Otospermophilus
Species:
O. atricapillus
Binomial name
Otospermophilus atricapillus
(W. E. Bryant, 1889)
Synonyms

Spermophilus atricapillus W. E. Bryant, 1889

The Baja California rock squirrel (Otospermophilus atricapillus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.[2] It is endemic to Baja California, Mexico.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T.; Castro-Arellano, I.; Lacher, T. (2008). "Otospermophilus beecheyi ssp. atricapillus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T20480A9205705. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T20480A9205705.en. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  2. ^ a b Helgen, Kristofer M.; Cole, F. Russel; Helgen, Lauren E. & 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. S2CID 28483038.