Genus

Otospermophilus (North american rock squirrels)

Otospermophilus beecheyi douglasii. Photo: (c) Nature Ali, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

Otospermophilus is a genus of ground squirrels in the family Sciuridae, containing three species. Otospermophilus was formerly placed in the large ground squirrel genus Spermophilus, as a subgenus or species group. Since DNA sequencing of the cytochrome b gene has shown Spermophilus to be paraphyletic to the prairie dogs and marmots, it is now separated, along with six other genera.

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Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
    - Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
      - Class: Mammalia (Mammals)
        Subclass: Theria (Therians)
        Infraclass: Placentalia (Placental mammals)
        Superorder: Euarchontoglires (Primates, rodents, and allies)
        Order: Rodentia (Rodents)
        Suborder: Sciuromorpha (Squirrels, dormice, and mountain beavers)
        Family: Sciuridae (Squirrels)
        Subfamily: Xerinae (Ground and african tree squirrels)
        Tribe: Marmotini (Holarctic ground squirrels)
        Genus: Otospermophilus (North american rock squirrels)
        Species: Otospermophilus beecheyi (California ground squirrel) (1)

Subtaxa

Species: Otospermophilus beecheyi (California ground squirrel)

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