Merriam's Ground Squirrel

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Merriam's Ground Squirrel
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Sciuridae Genus: Spermophilus Species: S. canus
Binomial name
Spermophilus canus Merriam, 1898

The Merriam's Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus canus) is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is endemic to the United States.

[edit] Source

• Rodent Specialist Group 1996. Spermophilus canus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.

v • d • e Extant species of family Sciuridae (subfamily Xerinae, Marmotini tribe) (cont.) Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Order: Rodentia · Suborder: Sciuromorpha Spermophilus Tropical Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus adocetus) · Alashan Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus alashanicus) · Ring-tailed Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus annulatus) · Uinita Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus armatus) · Baja California Rock Squirrel (Spermophilus atricapillus) · California Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus beecheyi) · Belding's Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus beldingi) · Idaho Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus brunneus) · Merriam's Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus canus) · European Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus citellus) · Columbian Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus columbianus) · Daurian Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus dauricus) · Wyoming Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus elegans) · Red-cheeked Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus erythrogenys) · Franklin's Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus franklinii) · Yellow Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus fulvus) · Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus lateralis) · Sierra Madre Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus madrensis) · Russet Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus major) · Mexican Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus mexicanus) · Mohave Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus mohavensis) · Piute Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus mollis) · Caucasian Mountain Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus musicus) · Arctic Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus parryii) · Perote Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus perotensis) · Little Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus pygmaeus) · Tien Shan Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus relictus) · Richardson's Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus richardsonii) · Cascade Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus saturatus) · Spotted Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus spilosoma) · Speckled Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus suslicus) · Round-tailed Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus tereticaudus) · Spermophilus taurensis · Townsend's Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus townsendii) · Thirteen-lined ground squirrel (Spermophilus tridecemlineatus) · Long-tailed Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus undulatus) · Rock Squirrel (Spermophilus variegatus) · Washington Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus washingtoni) · Asia Minor Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus xanthoprymnus) Category