Urocitellus armatus

(Kennicott, 1863)

Uinta Ground Squirrel

Side view. Formerly Spermophilus armatus.
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Location:USA, UT, Cottonwood Canyon, E of Salt Lake CityDate taken:Jan 1, 1977Description:Side view. Formerly Spermophilus armatus.

Distribution :

SC Utah to S Montana, SE Idaho to W Wyoming (USA).

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 256

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Kennicott, R. 1863-10-27. Descriptions of four new species of Spermophilus, in the collections of the Smithsonian Institution. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 15:157-158.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1958422

Original name as described

Spermophilus armatus

Type material

MCZ:Mamm:4790 (= USNM:MAMM:3470), MCZ:Mamm:4793 (= USNM:MAMM:3478), MCZ:Mamm:4794 (= USNM:MAMM:3474), MCZ:Mamm:BOM-297 (= USNM:MAMM:A4799), USNM:MAMM:3464, USNM:MAMM:3467, USNM:MAMM:3472 (= USNM:MAMM:A4799), USNM:MAMM:3475, USNM:MAMM:3476, USNM:MAMM:3481, USNM:MAMM:5958, USNM:MAMM:5959, USNM:MAMM:5960, USNM:MAMM:5961, USNM:MAMM:A4794 (= USNM:MAMM:4221), USNM:MAMM:A4808 (= USNM:MAMM:3466), USNM:MAMM:A4809 (= USNM:MAMM:3463)

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/30b43e2f7-59ab-4f8a-8599-45a1a2ffc384 http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/361bc1006-6b54-4bee-971c-8fcea4414ae1 http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/368ba91e2-e052-4616-8098-036b153c6a53 http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/38cf2894e-dcf4-4e0f-80ba-89b1b57c932a http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3b3ae2edb-9bfb-4a11-8ac1-a4f3c83d93bf http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3c782507e-c103-4da3-9c27-839d6cf0ab74 http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3df87f6d7-3f6a-4648-bab6-0b2ec2e6afca http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f24576e4-a38b-453a-8ce7-e20ca2c6a5bb https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:4790 https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:4793 https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:4794 https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:BOM-297

Type locality

"In the foothills of the Uinta Mountains, near Fort Bridger, [Uinta Co.], Wyo[ming], [USA]."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States

Subregion distribution

USA(UT, MT, WY, ID)

Taxonomy notes

moved to Urocitelus from Spermophilus

Taxonomy notes citation

Helgen, K.M., Cole, F.R., Helgen, L.E. and Wilson, D.E. 2009. Generic revision in the Holarctic ground squirrel genus Spermophilus. Journal of Mammalogy 90(2):270-305. doi:10.1644/07-MAMM-A-309.1

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001786

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

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

Total: 3 names and synonyms.

Spermophilus armatus

(Kennicott, 1863)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

armatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:4790 (= USNM:MAMM:3470), MCZ:Mamm:4793 (= USNM:MAMM:3478), MCZ:Mamm:4794 (= USNM:MAMM:3474), MCZ:Mamm:BOM-297 (= USNM:MAMM:A4799), USNM:MAMM:3464, USNM:MAMM:3467, USNM:MAMM:3472 (= USNM:MAMM:A4799), USNM:MAMM:3475, USNM:MAMM:3476, USNM:MAMM:3481, USNM:MAMM:5958, USNM:MAMM:5959, USNM:MAMM:5960, USNM:MAMM:5961, USNM:MAMM:A4794 (= USNM:MAMM:4221), USNM:MAMM:A4808 (= USNM:MAMM:3466), USNM:MAMM:A4809 (= USNM:MAMM:3463)

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/30b43e2f7-59ab-4f8a-8599-45a1a2ffc384 http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/361bc1006-6b54-4bee-971c-8fcea4414ae1 http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/368ba91e2-e052-4616-8098-036b153c6a53 http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/38cf2894e-dcf4-4e0f-80ba-89b1b57c932a http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3b3ae2edb-9bfb-4a11-8ac1-a4f3c83d93bf http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3c782507e-c103-4da3-9c27-839d6cf0ab74 http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3df87f6d7-3f6a-4648-bab6-0b2ec2e6afca http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f24576e4-a38b-453a-8ce7-e20ca2c6a5bb https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:4790 https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:4793 https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:4794 https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:BOM-297

Authority page

158

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1958422

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

Hall & Kelson (1959:339) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69357)
Corbet & Hill (1980:135) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:367) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Nadler, Hoffmann, Vorontsov, Koeppl, Deutsch & Sukernik (1982:211, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45445874) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67221)
Corbet & Hill (1991:142) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Hoffmann, Anderson, Thorington & Heaney (1993:444) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69019)
Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Citellus armatus

(Trouessart, 1904)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

armatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

339

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423220

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:339, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423220) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Howell (1938:78, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806471) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16606)

Urocitellus armatus

K. M. Helgen, Cole, L. E. Helgen, & D. E. Wilson, 2009

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

armatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

297

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

Helgen, Cole, Helgen & Wilson (2009:297) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6407)
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 (2016:801) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #42463) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #42463) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001786) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/42463/22264746) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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