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Ictidomys
| Ictidomys | |
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| Mexican ground squirrel (Ictidomys mexicanus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Tribe: | Marmotini |
| Genus: | Ictidomys J. A. Allen, 1877 |
| Type species | |
| Citellus tridecemlineatus[1] Mitchill, 1821
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| Species | |
Ictidomys is a North American genus of rodent in the squirrel family, which contains the thirteen-lined ground squirrel, the Mexican ground squirrel, and the Rio Grande ground squirrel. These species were included in the species-rich ground squirrel genus Spermophilus until molecular data showed that this genus was not a natural, monophyletic grouping.
- ^ Arthur, Howell (April 1938). "Revision of the North American Ground Squirrels With a Classification of the North American Sciuridae". North American Fauna. 56: 41. Bibcode:1938usgs.rept....2H.
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