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Lined Ground Squirrels
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Lined Ground Squirrels

Ictidomys

Ictidomys is a genus of rodent in the squirrel family, which contains the thirteen-lined ground squirrel and related species. These species were included in the species-rich ground squirrel genus Spermophilus until molecular data showed that this genus was not a natural, monophyletic grouping.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species

Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel

speciesIctidomys tridecemlineatus

Rio Grande Ground Squirrel

speciesIctidomys parvidens

Mexican Ground Squirrel

speciesIctidomys mexicanus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 179975.