Rock squirrel

This article is about the North American squirrel. For Asian rock squirrels, see Sciurotamias.

Rock squirrel
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Sciuridae
Genus:	Otospermophilus
Species:	O. variegatus
Binomial name
Otospermophilus variegatus (Erxleben, 1777)
Synonyms
Spermophilus variegatus

The rock squirrel (Otospermophilus variegatus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in Mexico and the United States. It is 43–53 cm (17–21 in) long.^[2]

References

1. ^ Linzey, A. V., Timm, R., Álvarez-Castañeda, S. T., Castro-Arellano, I. & Lacher, T. (2008). Spermophilus variegatus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 8 January 2009.
2. ^ Helgen, Kristofer M.; Cole, F. Russel; Helgen, Lauren E.; and 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. Archived from the original on 22 October 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/62dP5i1JK. 

External links

• Smithsonian rock squirrel article
• The American Society of Mammalogists species account

Media related to Otospermophilus variegatus at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Otospermophilus variegatus at Wikispecies

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