Ictidomys

Ictidomys mexicanus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sciuromorpha

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Sciuromorpha

Familia: Sciuridae
Subfamilia: Xerinae
Tribus: Marmotini
Genus: Ictidomys
Species: I. mexicanus – I. parvidens – I. tridecemlineatus

Name

Ictidomys Allen 1877

• Type species: Sciurus tridecemlineatus Mitchill, 1821 = Ictidomys tridecemlineatus (Mitchill, 1821)

Synonyms

• Ictidomoides Mearns, 1907, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., 56: 328.
  • Type species: Sciurus mexicanus Erxleben, 1777

References

Primary references

• Allen, J.A. 1877. Sciuridae. pp. 631–940. In: Coues, E. & Allen, J.A.: Monographs of North American Rodentia. United States Geological Survey of the Territories, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. BHL Reference page. : 821, 826

Additional references

• Herron, Matthew D.; Castoe, Todd A.; Parkinson, Christopher L. 2004. Sciurid phylogeny and the paraphyly of Holarctic ground squirrels (Spermophilus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 31(3). PMID 15120398. 
• Helgen, K.M., Cole, F.R., Helgen, L.E. & Wilson, D.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 JSTOR PDF Reference page. 

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