Sierra Madre ground squirrel

Sierra Madre ground squirrel
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Sciuridae
Genus:	Callospermophilus
Species:	C. madrensis
Binomial name
Callospermophilus madrensis Merriam, 1901
Synonyms
Spermophilus madrensis

The Sierra Madre ground squirrel (Callospermophilus madrensis) is a species of rodent in the squirrel family. It is endemic to the Sierra Madre Occidental, in northern Mexico. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.^[2]

See also

• Ground squirrels

References

1. Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T.; Lacher, T.; Vázquez, E. (2016). "Callospermophilus madrensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T20485A22263330. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T20485A22263330.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
2. 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.

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