Callospermophilus lateralis

Familia: Sciuridae
Subfamilia: Xerinae
Tribus: Marmotini
Genus: Callospermophilus
Species: Callospermophilus lateralis
Subspecies: C. l. arizonensis – C. l. bernandinus – C. l. castanurus – C. l. certus – C. l. chrysodeirus – C. l. cinerascens – C. l. connectens – C. l. lateralis – C. l. mitratus – C. l. tescorum – C. l. trepidus – C. l. trinitatus – C. l. wortmani

Callospermophilus lateralis (Say, 1823)

• Type locality: near Cañon City. Restricted by Merriam (1905:163) to Arkansas River, about 26 mi. [42 km] below Canyon City, Fremont Co., Colorado (USA).

• Citellus lateralis (Say, 1823)
• Sciurus lateralis Say, 1823 (Original combination)
• Spermophilus lateralis (Say, 1823)

• Say, T.. [Taxonomical footnotes]. In James, E.P. 1823. Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819 and '20 : by order of the Hon. J.C. Calhoun, sec'y of war: under the command of Major Stephen H. Long. From the notes of Major Long, Mr. T. Say, and other gentlemen of the exploring party. H.C. Carey & I Lea. Philadelphia. 2: 1–442; i–xcviii. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.61116 BHL Reference page. : 46.
• 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. 

• Callospermophilus lateralis – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

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