Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Alternative combination: Citellus tuitus
Full reference: O. P. Hay. 1921. Descriptions of species of Pleistocene Vertebrata, types or specimens of most of which are preserved in the United States National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 59:599-642
Belongs to Spermophilus according to B. Kurten and E. Anderson 1980
See also Hay 1921
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 matachicensis, 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 wellingtonensis, Spermophilus wilsoni, Citellus ridgwayi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Anita, which is in an Irvingtonian terrestrial horizon in Arizona
Ecology: semifossorial granivore-frugivore
Distribution: found only at Anita
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