Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Alternative spelling: Citellus (Otospermophilus)
Parent taxon: Marmotini according to K. M. Helgen et al. 2009
See also Barnosky 1986, Bryant 1945, Hall 1981, Korth 1994, Schultz and Howard 1935, Shotwell 1956, Stirton and Goeriz 1942, Sutton and Korth 1995 and Wilson and Reeder 1993
Sister taxa: Ammospermophilus, Callospermophilus, Cynomys, Eutamias, Ictidomys, Marmota, Neotamias, Notocitellus, Poliocitellus, Spermophilus, Tamias, Urocitellus, Xerospermophilus, Spermophilinus
Subtaxa: Citellus (Otospermophilus) argonautus Citellus (Otospermophilus) bensoni Citellus (Otospermophilus) gidleyi Otospermophilus beecheyi Otospermophilus variegatus
Ecology: scansorial granivore-frugivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Mexico (2 collections), United States (24: Arizona, California, New Mexico, Texas, Wyoming)
• Blancan of United States (6: Arizona, California)
• Hemphillian of United States (4: California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon)
• Miocene of United States (2: California)
Total: 38 collections including 39 occurrences
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