Spermophilus beecheyi

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Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,765 meters (0 to 9,072 feet).[1]

Ecology: This species is found in successional habitats , roadsides, farmlands, chaparral , desert, and open grassy areas.[2].

List of Habitats:

•     3     Shrubland   
  
•     3.4     Shrubland - Temperate   
  
•     4     Grassland   
  
•     4.4     Grassland - Temperate   
  
•     14     Artificial/Terrestrial   
  
•     14.1     Artificial/Terrestrial - Arable Land   
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Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 08-Jun-2004

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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Further Reading

• A catalogue of the collection of mammals in the Field Columbian Museum. 1907 8 Chicago: Field Columbian Museum, 1907. url p. 653.
• A check list of mammals of the North American continent, the West Indies and the neighboring seas. Chicago, 1905. url p. 114.
• A list of the generic and family names of rodents / by T.S. Palmer. Washington: Biological Society of Washington, 1897. url p. 267.
• A study of the diurnal squirrels, Sciurinae, of the Indian and Indochinese subregions [by] Joseph Curtis Moore and George H. H. Tate. 48 1965 [Chicago]Chicago Natural History Museum, 1965. url p. 291.
• A synopsis of the mammals of North America and the adjacent seas, by Daniel Giraud Elliot... 2 1901 Chicago, [Field Columbia Museum]1901. url p. 88.
• Abstract of the proceedings of the Linnaean Society of New York. [New York]: The Society, [1889-1932]. url p. 41.
• Advances in the study of mammalian behavior / edited by John F. Eisenberg and Devra G. Kleiman. [Stillwater, Okla.]: American Society of Mammalogists; 1983. url p. 281, p. 294, p. 567.
• Biosphere Reserves, Compilation 4, October 1986: programme on man and the biosphere (MAB) IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre url p. 513.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 180, p. 324.
• Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. New YorkAmerican Museum of Natural History1881- url p. 452.
• Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences Los Angeles, Calif.: The Academy, 1971- url , , p. 101, p. 102, p. 129, p. 141, p. 141, p. 152, p. 153, p. 154, p. 165, p. 208, p. 209, p. 56.
• Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories / Department of the Interior. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1874- url p. 747.
• California fish and game. [San Francisco, etc.]: State of California, Resources Agency, Dept. of Fish and Game. url p. 12, p. 134, p. 175, p. 185, p. 255, p. 47, p. 6, p. 9.
• Dispersal in rodents: a resident fitness hypothesis / Paul K. Anderson. [Provo, Utah]: American Society of Mammalogists, c1989. url p. 65, p. 77.
• Index to volume I, numbers 1 to 17. 1 1900 Chicago: Field Columbian Museum, 1900. url p. 323.
• List of species of mammals, principally rodents, obtained by W. W. Price, S. E. Meek, G. K. Cherrie and E. S. Thompson, in the States of Iowa, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Nevada and California, with descriptions of new species, by D. E. Elliot. 1 1898 Chicago, 1898 url p. 198.
• Mammals of the Mexican boundary of the United States: a descriptive catalogue of the species of mammals occurring in that region; with a general summary of the natural history, and a list of trees / Washington: Govt. Print. Off., 1907. url .
• Miscellaneous publication - University of Kansas, Museum of Natural History. 1965 Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1946-1996. url p. 8, p. 8.
• Monographs of North American Rodentia. By Elliott Coues and Joel Asaph Allen. Washington, Govt. print. off., 1877. url p. 1068, p. 647.
• Monographs of North American rodentia by Elliott Coues and Joel Asaph Allen. Washington: G.P.O., 1877. url .
• Natural history of New York. .. Albany, D. Appleton & co. and Wiley & Putnam;1842-94. url p. 67, p. 67.
• North American fauna. Washington: Fish and Wildlife Service; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U. S. Govt. Print. Off. url p. 250.
• North American ology. By Thomas M. Brewer. Part I.--Raptores and Fissirostres. Washington, Smithsonian institution, 1857 url p. 129.
• Ornithological bibliography. [Washington: Geological Survey [etc.], 1878-1880. url p. 747.
• Proceedings - California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 108, p. 384.
• Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 133, p. 133, p. 22, p. 267.
• Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 108, p. 346, p. 384.
• Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Made under the direction of the secretary of war, in 1853-[6]. .. Washington, A.O.P. Nicholson, Printer [etc.]1855-60. url , , , , , , , p. 120, p. 122, p. 122, p. 220, p. 220, p. 281, p. 282, p. 307, p. 307, p. 309, p. 309, p. 311, p. 311, p. 323, p. 390, p. 55, p. 55, p. 57, p. 57, p. 63, p. 63, p. 746, p. 81, p. 81, p. 98, p. 98.
• Systematic results of the study of North American land mammals to the close of the year 1900, by Gerrit S. Miller, Jr., and James A. G. Rehn. Boston, Society of Natural History, 1901. url p. 50.
• The Canadian field-naturalist. Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. url p. 172, p. 441, p. 467, p. 595, p. 675.
• The Great Basin naturalist. 51 1991 Provo, Utah: M.L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University, 1939-1999. url p. 98.
• The coccidian parasites (Protozoa, Sporozoa) of rodents Urbana, University of Illinois Press, 1965. url p. 318, p. 365.
• The linkages between biodiversity and climate change mitigation: A review of the recent scientific literature UNEP-WCMC url p. 57.
• The natural history of Washington territory, with much relating to Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oregon, and California, between the thirty-sixth and forty-ninth parallels of latitude, being those parts of the final reports on the survey of the N By J. G. Cooper, M. D., and Dr. G. Suckley. .. This edition contains a new preface, giving a sketch of the explorations, a classified table of contents, and the latest additions by the authors. With f London, Baillire brothers, 1859. url p. 122, p. 398, p. 81, p. 98.
• University of Kansas publications, Museum of Natural History. 7 Lawrence, University of Kansas. url p. 627, p. 632.
• Zoology of New York; or, The New York Fauna; comprising detailed descriptions of all the animals hitherto observed within the state of New York, with brief notices of those occasionally found near its borders, and accompa by James E. De Kay. Albany: W. & A. White & J. Visscher: 1842-44. url p. 67.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 30, 2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Linzey, A.V., Timm, R., lvarez-Castaeda, S.T., Castro-Arellano, I. & Lacher, T. 2008. Spermophilus beecheyi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 04February2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 18, 2007:

• Berkeley Natural History Museums, University of California Museum of Paleontology DiGIR provider
• Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Bishop Museum Natural History Specimen Data
• Field Museum, Mammal specimens
• Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Vertebrate specimens
• Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science, Mammal specimens
• Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• Royal Ontario Museum, Mammal specimens
• Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara Musem of Natural History
• Sternberg Museum of Natural History, Mammal Collection
• University of Alaska Museum of the North, University of Alaska Museum Mammal Collection
• University of Alaska Museum of the North, University of New Mexico Museum of Southwestern Biology Mammal Collection
• University of Washington Burke Museum, Mammal Specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-180148
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13817774
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 180148
• IUCN ID: 243102
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AMAFB05140
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 11210

Footnotes

1. Mean = 609.370 meters (1,999.245 feet), Standard Deviation = 673.720 based on 156 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
2. Linzey, A.V., Timm, R., Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T., Castro-Arellano, I. & Lacher, T. 2008. Spermophilus beecheyi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 February 2012. [back]

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