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Mexican ground squirrel
| Mexican ground squirrel | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Genus: | Ictidomys |
| Species: | I. mexicanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Ictidomys mexicanus (Erxleben, 1777)
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| Synonyms | |
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Spermophilus mexicanus | |
The Mexican ground squirrel (Ictidomys mexicanus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.[2] It is found in Mexico and the United States. One of its closest relatives is the thirteen-lined ground squirrel (Ictidomys tridecemlineatus).[2]
- ^ Linzey, A.V.; Timm, R.; Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T.; Castro-Arellano, I.; Lacher, T. (2016). "Ictidomys mexicanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T20487A22262744. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T20487A22262744.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ a b Cothran, Gus (1984). "Morphologic Relationships of the Hybridizing Ground Squirrels Spermophilus mexicanus and S. Tridecemlineatus". Journal of Mammalogy. 64 (4): 591–602. doi:10.2307/1380514. JSTOR 1380514.
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