Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Alternative combination: Citellus matachicensis
Belongs to Spermophilus according to J. A. Shotwell 1968
See also Black 1963
Sister taxa: Spermophilus armatus, Spermophilus boothi, Spermophilus cochisei, Spermophilus columbianus, Spermophilus cragini, Spermophilus cyanocittus, Spermophilus dotti, Spermophilus finlayensis, Spermophilus fricki, Spermophilus howelli, Spermophilus jerae, Spermophilus johnstoni, Spermophilus lorisrusselli, Spermophilus matthewi, Spermophilus mcgheei, Spermophilus mckayensis, Spermophilus meadensis, Spermophilus meltoni, Spermophilus primitivus, Spermophilus rexroadensis, Spermophilus russelli, Spermophilus shotwelli, Spermophilus spilosoma, Spermophilus superciliosus, Spermophilus taylori, Spermophilus tridecemlineatus, Spermophilus tuitus, Spermophilus wellingtonensis, Spermophilus wilsoni, Citellus ridgwayi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Matachic, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in Mexico
Ecology: semifossorial granivore-frugivore
Distribution:
• Blancan of Mexico (1 collection)
• Hemphillian of Mexico (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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