Spermophilus lateralis

Publication Type:

Journal Article

Authors:

Bartels, Molly A.; Thompson, Doug P.

Source:

Mammalian Species, American Society of Mammalogists, Volume 440, p.1-8 (1993)

Call Number:

A93BAR04IDUS

URL:

http://www.science.smith.edu/msi/pdf/i0076-3519-440-01-0001.pdf

Keywords:

Callospermophilus lateralis, golden-mantled ground squirrel, Spermophilus lateralis

Abstract:

Spermophilus lateralis, the golden-mantled ground squirrel [Callospermophilus lateralis], is distinguished from other Spermophilus species by a longitudinal white stripe on either side of the back, bordered on each side by a pronounced black stripe, and by a golden brown to a tawny or russet mantle over the head and shoulders. This ground squirrel occurs in the mountains of the western United States and Canada and ranges from the Upper Sonoran to boreal zones. It ranges in elevation from 1,220 m in the northern Sierra Nevada of California to 3,965 m at Pikes Peak, Colorado. Besides the species’ general characteristics and distribution, this account summarizes what is known by 1993 of its form and physiology, ontogeny and reproduction, ecology, behavior, and genetics.

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