Wyoming ground squirrel

The Wyoming ground squirrel (Urocitellus elegans) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to the Northwestern United States.

Wyoming ground squirrel Urocitellus elegans Temporal range: 1.8–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Sciuridae
Genus:	Urocitellus
Species:	U. elegans
Binomial name
Urocitellus elegans (Kennicott, 1863)[2]
Synonyms
Citellus elegans Kennicott, 1863 Citellus kimballensis Kent, 1967 Spermophilus elegans Kennicott, 1863

References

1. Yensen, E.; NatureServe (2017). "Urocitellus elegans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T42467A22265347. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T42467A22265347.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. Descriptions of four new species of Spermophilus, in the collections of the Smithsonian Institution. R Kennicott, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of …, 1863

• A pale mutation in the ground squirrel: An Albinoid Color-phase in Citellus elegans Resembling the Recessive Cream Mutation in the Rat. Frank H. Clark and William L. Jellison, J Hered (1937) 28 (7), pages 259–260, doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a104375
• Life-history studies of the Wyoming ground squirrel (Citellus elegans elegans) in Colorado. William L. Burnett, Bulletin of the Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station, 1931 (URL)