Ammospermophilus hanfordi Gustafson 1978 (antelope squirrel)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Full reference: E. P. Gustafson. 1978. The Vertebrate Faunas of the Pliocene Ringold Formation, South-Central Washington. Bulletin of the Museum of Natural History, University of Oregon 23:1-62

Belongs to Ammospermophilus according to E. P. Gustafson 1978

Sister taxa: Ammospermophilus fossilis, Ammospermophilus interpres, Ammospermophilus jeffriesi, Ammospermophilus junturensis, Ammospermophilus leucurus

Ecology: semifossorial granivore-frugivore

Distribution: found only at White Bluffs ( of Washington)

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