Spermophilus Spermophilus

Spermophilus - Definition

Spermophilus Ground Squirrels

California Ground Squirrel
Spermophilus beecheyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Subphylum:Vertebrata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Rodentia
Family:Sciuridae
Genus:Spermophilus
Species

about 36: see text.


The genus Spermophilus is the largest genus of ground squirrels and the one that contains the species that are most common and familiar in North America. Members of the genus are found from western Europe to Siberia and Alaska to northern Mexico.

Species include:

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