Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Sciuridae

PaleoDB taxon number: 51702

Alternative combinations: Citellus lateralis, Sciurus lateralis

Synonyms: Callospermophilus chrysodeirus Merriam 1890 (no. 44780), Spermophilus chrysodeirus Merriam 1890 (no. 51686)

Belongs to Spermophilus according to B. Kurten and E. Anderson 1980

Sister taxa: Spermophilus armatus, Spermophilus beecheyi, Spermophilus boothi, Spermophilus cochisei, Spermophilus columbianus, Spermophilus cragini, Spermophilus cyanocittus, Spermophilus dotti, Spermophilus elegans, Spermophilus finlayensis, Spermophilus franklinii, Spermophilus fricki, Spermophilus howelli, Spermophilus jerae, Spermophilus johnstoni, Spermophilus lorisrusselli, Spermophilus matachicensis, Spermophilus matthewi, Spermophilus mcgheei, Spermophilus mckayensis, Spermophilus meadensis, Spermophilus meltoni, Spermophilus mexicanus, Spermophilus parryii, Spermophilus primitivus, Spermophilus rexroadensis, Spermophilus richardsonii, Spermophilus russelli, Spermophilus shotwelli, Spermophilus spilosoma, Spermophilus superciliosus, Spermophilus taylori, Spermophilus townsendii, Spermophilus tridecemlineatus, Spermophilus tuitus, Spermophilus variegatus, Spermophilus wellingtonensis, Spermophilus wilsoni, Citellus ridgwayi, Citellus (Otospermophilus) gidleyi, Citellus (Otospermophilus) argonautus, Citellus (Otospermophilus) bensoni

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Average measurements (in mm): M1 1.80 x 2.30, M2 1.90 x 2.40, M3 2.20 x 2.20