Rock Squirrel – Spermophilus variegatus

Spermophilus variegatusErxleben, 1777

Accepted name, Mammal Species of the World 2005

Subgenus Otospermophilus (Hall, 1981:399); belongs to variegatus group, which also includes beecheyi and atricapillus (Harrison et al., 2003). Reviewed by Oaks et al. (1987, Mammalian Species No. 272).

• Wilson, D and Reeder, D. (eds.) 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. 3rd ed. -- 2142 pp. Johns Hopkins University Press.