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Otospermophilus

Rock squirrel at the Grand Canyon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Sciuridae
Tribe:	Marmotini
Genus:	Otospermophilus Brandt, 1844
Species
O. variegetus O. beecheyi O. atricapillus

Otospermophilus is a genus of ground squirrels in the family Sciuridae, containing three species. Otospermophilus was formerly placed in the large ground squirrel genus Spermophilus, as a subgenus or species group. Since DNA sequencing of the cytochrome b gene has shown Spermophilus to be paraphyletic to the prairie dogs and marmots,^[1] it is now separated, along with six other genera.^[2]

Species

The three species in Otospermophilus are listed below. These are the same species that were previously grouped in the subgenus Otospermophilus.^[2]

Rock squirrel, Otospermophilus variegatus
California ground squirrel, Otospermophilus beecheyi
Baja California rock squirrel, Otospermophilus atricapillus

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). doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2003.09.015. PMID 15120398.
^ ^a ^b 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.

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Data related to Otospermophilus at Wikispecies

v · d · eLiving species of tribe Marmotini (ground squirrels)

Kingdom: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Class: Mammalia • Order: Rodentia • Suborder: Sciuromorpha • Family: Sciuridae • Subfamily: Xerinae

Ammospermophilus (antelope squirrels)	Harris's antelope squirrel (A. harrisii) • Espíritu Santo antelope squirrel (A. insularis) • Texas antelope squirrel (A. interpres) • White-tailed antelope squirrel (A. leucurus) • San Joaquin antelope squirrel (A. nelsoni)

Callospermophilus (golden-mantled ground squirrels)	Golden-mantled ground squirrel (C. lateralis) • Sierra Madre ground squirrel (C. madrensis) • Cascade golden-mantled ground squirrel (C. saturatus)

Cynomys (prairie dogs)	Gunnison's prairie dog (C. gunnisoni) • White-tailed prairie dog (C. leucurus) • Black-tailed prairie dog (C. ludovicianus) • Mexican prairie dog (C. mexicanus) • Utah prairie dog (C. parvidens)

Eutamias	Siberian chipmunk (E. sibiricus)

Ictidomys (little ground squirrels)	Mexican ground squirrel (I. mexicanus) • I. parvidens • Thirteen-lined ground squirrel (I. tridecemlineatus)

Marmota (marmots)	Subgenus Marmota: Gray marmot (M. baibacina) • Bobak marmot (M. bobak) • Alaska marmot (M. broweri) • Black-capped marmot (M. camtschatica) • Long-tailed marmot (M. caudata) • Himalayan marmot (M. himalayana) • Alpine marmot (M. marmota) • Menzbier's marmot (M. menzbieri) • Groundhog or woodchuck (M. monax) • Tarbagan marmot (M. sibirica) Subgenus Petromarmota: Hoary marmot (M. caligata) • Yellow-bellied marmot (M. flaviventris) • Olympic marmot (M. olympus) • Vancouver Island marmot (M. vancouverensis)

Neotamias (western chipmunks)	Alpine chipmunk (N. alpinus) • Yellow-pine chipmunk (N. amoenus) • Buller's chipmunk (N. bulleri) • Gray-footed chipmunk (N. canipes) • Gray-collared chipmunk (N. cinereicollis) • Cliff chipmunk (N. dorsalis) • Durango chipmunk (N. durangae) • Merriam's chipmunk (N. merriami) • Least chipmunk (N. minimus) • California chipmunk (N. obscurus) • Yellow-cheeked chipmunk (N. ochrogenys) • Palmer's chipmunk (N. palmeri) • Panamint chipmunk (N. panamintinus) • Long-eared chipmunk (N. quadrimaculatus) • Colorado chipmunk (N. quadrivittatus) • Red-tailed chipmunk (N. ruficaudus) • Hopi chipmunk (N. rufus) • Allen's chipmunk (N. senex) • Siskiyou chipmunk (N. siskiyou) • Sonoma chipmunk (N. sonomae) • Lodgepole chipmunk (N. speciosus) • Townsend's chipmunk (N. townsendii) • Uinta chipmunk (N. umbrinus)

Notocitellus	Tropical ground squirrel (N. adocetus) • Ring-tailed ground squirrel (N. annulatus)

Otospermophilus (rock squirrels)	Baja California rock squirrel (O. atricapillus) • California ground squirrel (O. beecheyi) • Rock squirrel (O. variegatus)

Poliocitellus	Franklin's ground squirrel (P. franklinii)

Sciurotamias (Asian rock squirrels)	Pére David's rock squirrel (S. davidianus) • Forrest's rock squirrel (S. forresti)

Spermophilus sensu stricto (Old World ground squirrels)	Alashan ground squirrel (S. alashanicus) • S. brevicauda • European ground squirrel (S. citellus) • Daurian ground squirrel (S. dauricus) • Red-cheeked ground squirrel (S. erythrogenys) • Yellow ground squirrel (S. fulvus) • Russet ground squirrel (S. major) • S. pallicauda • Little ground squirrel (S. pygmaeus) • S. ralli • S. relictus • Speckled ground squirrel (Spermophilus suslicus) • Taurus ground squirrel (Spermophilus taurensis) • Asia Minor ground squirrel (Spermophilus xanthoprymnus)

Tamias	Eastern chipmunk (T. striatus)

Urocitellus (Holarctic ground squirrels)	Uinta ground squirrel (U. armatus) • Belding's ground squirrel (U. beldingi) • Idaho ground squirrel (U. brunneus) • Merriam's ground squirrel (U. canus) • Columbian ground squirrel (U. columbianus) • Wyoming ground squirrel (U. elegans) • Piute ground squirrel (U. mollis) • Arctic ground squirrel (U. parryii) • Richardson's ground squirrel (U. richardsonii) • Townsend's ground squirrel (U. townsendii) • Washington ground squirrel (U. washingtoni) • Long-tailed ground squirrel (U. undulatus)

Xerospermophilus (pygmy ground squirrels)	Mohave ground squirrel (X. mohavensis) • Perote ground squirrel (X. perotensis) • Spotted ground squirrel (X. spilosoma) • Round-tailed ground squirrel (X. tereticaudus)

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