Urocitellus parryii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sciuromorpha 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Ordo: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Subordo: Cynodontia
Infraordo: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohort: Theria
Cohort: Eutheria
Cohort: Placentalia
Superordo: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Euarchontoglires
Ordo: Rodentia
Subordo: Sciuromorpha

Familia: Sciuridae
Subfamilia: Xerinae
Tribus: Marmotini
Genus: Urocitellus
Species: Urocitellus parryii
Subspecies: U. p. ablusus U. p. kennicottii U. p. kodiacensis U. p. leucostictus U. p. lyratus U. p. nebulicola U. p. osgoodi U. p. parryii U. p. plesius U. p. stejnegeri

Name

Urocitellus parryii (Richardson, 1825)

Note:

All the species of Urocitellus were previously believed to belong to the much larger genus Spermophilus[1], but DNA sequencing of the cytochrome b gene showed that this group was paraphyletic to the prairie dogs and marmots,[2], and could therefore no longer be retained as a single genus. As a result, Urocitellus is now considered as a genus in its own right.[3]

References

  1. Herron, Matthew D.; Castoe, Todd A.; Parkinson, Christopher L. 2004. Sciurid phylogeny and the paraphyly of Holarctic ground squirrels (Spermophilus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 31(3). PMID 15120398.
  2. Helgen, Kristofer M.; Cole, F. Russel; Helgen, Lauren E.; and Wilson, Don E 2009. Generic Revision in the Holarctic Ground Squirrel Genus Spermophilus. Journal of Mammalogy, 90(2): 270–305. doi:10.1644/07-MAMM-A-309.1. Archived from the original on 2011-10-22. https://www.webcitation.org/62dP5i1JK?url=http://www.mammalsociety.org/uploads/Helgen.
  • North American Mammals: Urocitellus parryii

Vernacular names

български: Американски дългоопашат лалугер
English: Arctic Ground Squirrel
polski: Suseł północny
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