Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Mexican Ground Squirrel
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
)
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
)
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
)
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
)
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
)
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
)
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
)
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
(
)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
)
- (Rowe, 1988) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
)
- (Wible et al., 1995) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
)
- McKenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
)
- McKenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
)
- McKenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
)
- (McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
)
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
)
- (Owen, 1837) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
)
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
)
- (McKenna, 1975) McKenna, in Stucky & McKenna, in Benton, ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
(
)
- (Szalay & McKenna, 1971) McKenna, 1975
- Mirorder:
Simplicidentata
(
)
- (Weber, 1904) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Order:
Rodentia
(
)
- Bowdich, 1821
- Rodents
- Suborder:
Sciuromorpha
(
)
- Brandt, 1855
- Infraorder:
Sciurida
(
)
- (Carus, 1868) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Family:
Sciuridae
(
)
- (Fischer de Waldheim, 1817) Gray, 1821
- Subfamily:
Sciurinae
(
)
- Tribe:
Marmotini
(
)
- Subtribe:
Spermophilina
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)
- Genus:
Spermophilus
(
)
- F. Cuvier, 1825
- Specific name:
mexicanus
- Subspecies:
mexicanus
- Scientific name: - Spermophilus mexicanus mexicanus
- Subspecies:
mexicanus
- Specific name:
mexicanus
- Genus:
Spermophilus
(
- Subtribe:
Spermophilina
(
- Tribe:
Marmotini
(
- Subfamily:
Sciurinae
(
- Family:
Sciuridae
(
- Infraorder:
Sciurida
(
- Suborder:
Sciuromorpha
(
- Order:
Rodentia
(
- Mirorder:
Simplicidentata
(
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Spermophilus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 69 species and subspecies in this genus:
S. adocetus (Tropical Ground Squirrel) · S. adocetus adocetus (Tropical Ground Squirrel) · S. alashanicus (Alashan Ground Squirrel) · S. annulatus (Ring-Tailed Ground Squirrel) · S. armatus (Uinita Ground Squirrel) · S. atricapillus (Baja California Rock Squirrel) · S. beecheyi (California Ground Squirrel) · S. beecheyi beecheyi (California Ground Squirrel) · S. beldingi (Belding's Ground Squirell) · S. beldingi beldingi (Belding's Ground Squirrel) · S. brevicauda (Brandt's Ground Squirrel) · S. brunneus (Northern Idaho Ground Squirrel) · S. brunneus brunneus (Norhern Idaho Ground Squirrel) · S. brunneus endemicus (Southern Idaho Ground Squirrel) · S. canus (Snake River Ground Squirrel) · S. citellus (European Ground Squirrel) · S. citellus citellus (European Suslik) · S. columbianus (Columbian Ground Squirrel) · S. columbianus columbianus (Columbian Ground Squirrel) · S. dauricus (Daurian Ground Squirrel) · S. elegans (Nevada Ground Squirrel) · S. elegans elegans (Wyoming Ground Squirrel) · S. elegans nevadensis (Nevada Ground Squirrel) · S. erythrogenys (Red-Cheeked Ground Squirrel) · S. erythrogenys erythrogenys (Red-Cheeked Ground Squirrel) · S. franklinii (Franklin's Ground Squirrel) · S. fulvus (Yellow Ground Squirrel) · S. lateralis (Green River Basin Golden-Mantled Ground Squirrel) · S. lateralis lateralis (Wind River Golden-Mantled Ground Squirrel) · S. madrensis (Sierra Madre Mantled Ground Squirrel) · S. major (Russet Ground Squirrel) · S. mexicanus (Mexican Ground Squirrel) · S. mexicanus mexicanus (Mexican Ground Squirrel) · S. mohavensis (Mohave Ground Squirrel) · S. mollis (Great Basin Ground Squirrel) · S. musicus (Caucasian Mountain Ground Squirrel) · S. pallidicauda (Pallid Ground Squirrel) · S. parryii (Arctic Ground Squirrel) · S. parryii kodiacensis (Kodiak Ground Squirrel) · S. parryii lyratus (St. Lawrence Island Ground Squirrel) · S. parryii nebulicola (Arctic Ground Squirrel) · S. parryii osgoodi (Odgood's Arctic Ground Squirrel) · S. paryii (Arctic Ground Squirrel) · S. perotensis (Perote Ground Squirrel) · S. pygmaeus (Little Ground Squirrel) · S. ralli (Tien Shan Ground Squirrel) · S. relictus (Tien Shan Ground Squirrel) · S. richardsonii (Richardson's Ground Squirrel) · S. richardsonii richardsonii (Richardson's Ground Squirrel) · S. saturatus (Cascade Golden-Mantled Ground Squirrel) · S. spilosoma (Spotted Ground Squirrel) · S. spilosoma marginatus (Spotted Ground Squirrel) · S. suslicus (SPECKLED GROUND SQUIRREL) · S. tereticaudus (Round-Tailed Ground Squirrel) · S. tereticaudus chlorus (Coachella Round-Tailed Ground Squirrel) · S. tereticaudus tereticaudus (Round-Tailed Ground Squirrel) · S. townsendii (Townsend's Ground Squirrel) · S. townsendii townsendii (Townsend's Ground Squirrel) · S. tridecemlineatus (Big Horn Thirteen-Lined Ground Squirrel) · S. tridecemlineatus alleni (Allen's Thirteen-Lined Ground Squirrel) · S. tridecemlineatus blanca (Thirteen-Lined Ground Squirrel) · S. tridecemlineatus monticola (White Mountains Ground Squirrel) · S. tridecemlineatus pallidus (Thirteen-Lined Ground Squirrel) · S. undulatus (Long-Tailed Ground Squirrel) · S. variegatus (Water Mongoose) · S. variegatus tularosae (Rock Squirrel) · S. washingtoni (Washington Ground Squirrel) · S. washingtoni washingtoni (Washington Ground Squirrel) · S. xanthoprymnus (Asia Minor Ground Squirrel)
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Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 30, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2482045
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2331479
