Otospermophilus

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Otospermophilus
OtospermophilusVariegatusGrandCanyon.jpg
Rock squirrel at the Grand Canyon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Subphylum:
Vertebrata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Rodentia
Family:
Sciuridae
Tribe:
Marmotini
Genus:
Otospermophilus

Brandt, 1844
Species

O. variegetus
O. beecheyi
O. atricapillus

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Otospermophilus is a genus of ground squirrels in the family Sciuridae, containing three species. Otospermophilus was formerly placed in the large ground squirrel genus Spermophilus, as a subgenus or species group. Since DNA sequencing of the cytochrome b gene has shown Spermophilus to be paraphyletic to the prairie dogs and marmots,[1] it is now separated, along with six other genera.[2]

Species

The three species in Otospermophilus are listed below. These are the same species that were previously grouped in the subgenus Otospermophilus.[2]

References

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