Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Parent taxon: Marmotini according to J. M. Mercer and V. L. Roth 2003
See also Hall 1981, James 1963, Kurten and Anderson 1980, McKenna and Bell 1997, Piaggio and Spicer 2000, Piaggio and Spicer 2001, Shotwell 1970 and Wilson and Reeder 1993
Sister taxa: Ammospermophilus, Callospermophilus, Cynomys, Ictidomys, Marmota, Neotamias, Notocitellus, Otospermophilus, Poliocitellus, Spermophilus, Tamias, Urocitellus, Xerospermophilus, Spermophilinus
Subtaxa: Eutamias ertemtensis Eutamias minimus
Ecology: semifossorial granivore-frugivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (2: Alberta, Yukon collections), United States (13: California, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wyoming)
• Pliocene of China (1), Hungary (1)
• Miocene of China (4), Greece (1), Mongolia (4), Pakistan (1)
Total: 27 collections including 29 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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