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Round-tailed ground squirrel
| Round-tailed 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: | Xerospermophilus |
| Species: | X. tereticaudus
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| Binomial name | |
| Xerospermophilus tereticaudus (Baird, 1858)
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| Subspecies | |
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X. t. chlorus | |
| Synonyms | |
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Spermophilus tereticaudus Baird, 1858 | |
The round-tailed ground squirrel (Xerospermophilus tereticaudus), known as "Ardillón cola redonda" in Spanish, live in the desert of the Southwestern United States and Northwestern Mexico. They are called "ground squirrels" because they burrow in loose soil, often under mesquite trees and creosote bushes.
- ^ Lacher, T.; Timm, R.; Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T. (2016). "Xerospermophilus tereticaudus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T20493A22264318. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T20493A22264318.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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