Ammospermophilus nelsoni

(C. H. Merriam, 1893)

Nelson's Antelope Squirrel

Dorsolateral view from front, showing underside of tail held over back
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Location:USA, CA, San Luis Obispo Co., Elkhorn PlainDate taken:1 January 1989Description:Dorsolateral view from front, showing underside of tail held over back

Distribution :

San Joaquin Valley (S California, USA).

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1103

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Sciuromorpha
Family: Sciuridae
Subfamily: Xerinae
Tribe: Marmotini
Genus: Ammospermophilus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Merriam, C.H. 1893-12-28. Descriptions of eight new ground squirrels of the genera Spermophilus and Tamias from California, Texas, and Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 8:129-138.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10256466

Original name as described

Spermophilus nelsoni

Type material

USNM:MAMM:54651

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3ce54a8a4-1c7b-436b-913f-9d27db32d25f

Type locality

"Tipton, San Joaquin Valley [Tulare Co.], California [USA]."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States

Subregion distribution

USA(CA)

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001710

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 5 names and synonyms.

Spermophilus nelsoni

C. H. Merriam, 1893

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

nelsoni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:54651

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Tipton, San Joaquin Valley, California.

Type locality

United States: California: Tulare County, California: 36°3′36″N, 119°18′37″W.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3ce54a8a4-1c7b-436b-913f-9d27db32d25f

Authority page

129

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10256466

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Citellus nelsoni:

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

nelsoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

335

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423216

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:335, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423216) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Howell (1938:182, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806575) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16606)

Ammospermophilus nelsoni amplus

W. P. Taylor, 1916

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

amplus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:16693

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

20 miles south of Los Baños, Merced County, California

Type locality

United States: California: Fresno County, California.

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:16693

Authority page

15

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29558557

Authority publication

University of California Publications in Zoology

Name usages

Grinnell (1933:127) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69515)
Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Ammospermophilus nelsoni:

J. Grinnell, 1933

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

nelsoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

126

Authority publication

University of California Publications in Zoology

Name usages

Grinnell (1933:126) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69515)
Corbet & Hill (1980:136) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:346) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:144) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Hoffmann, Anderson, Thorington & Heaney (1993:420) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69019)
Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
Bradley, Ammerman, Baker, Bradley, Cook, Dowler, Jones, Schmidly, Stangl, Van Den Bussche & Würsig (2014:21, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57785977) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19157)
Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:796) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #1149) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #1149) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001710) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/1149/22251492) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Ammospermophilus nelsoni nelsoni:

J. Grinnell, 1933

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

nelsoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

126

Authority publication

University of California Publications in Zoology

Name usages

Grinnell (1933:126) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69515)

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