All but two species are native to the northern and western parts of North America, from California and Minnesota through the north-western United States and western Canada; the Arctic ground squirrel inhabits Arctic terrain on both sides of the Bering Strait, while the long-tailed ground squirrel is exclusively found in Asia. The name of the genus is said to be derived from the Latin uro, meaning "tail" and citellus for "ground squirrel".[2] The proper word for "tail" in classical Latin is cauda.[3]Oura (οὐρά) is the ancient Greek word for "tail".[4]
^Herron, Matthew D.; Castoe, Todd A.; Parkinson, Christopher L. (2004). "Sciurid phylogeny and the paraphyly of Holarctic ground squirrels (Spermophilus)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 31 (3): 1015–30. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2003.09.015. PMID 15120398.
^ abHelgen, Kristofer M.; Cole, F. Russel; Helgen, Lauren E. & Wilson, Don E (2009). (PDF). Journal of Mammalogy. 90 (2): 270–305. doi:10.1644/07-MAMM-A-309.1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 April 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
^Lewis, C.T. & Short, C. (1879). A Latin dictionary founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
^Liddell, H.G. & Scott, R. (1940). A Greek-English Lexicon. Revised and augmented throughout by Sir Henry Stuart Jones with the assistance of Roderick McKenzie. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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urocitellus, genus, ground, squirrels, they, were, previously, believed, belong, much, larger, genus, spermophilus, sequencing, cytochrome, gene, showed, that, this, group, paraphyletic, prairie, dogs, marmots, could, therefore, longer, retained, single, genus. Urocitellus is a genus of ground squirrels They were previously believed to belong to the much larger genus Spermophilus but DNA sequencing of the cytochrome b gene showed that this group was paraphyletic to the prairie dogs and marmots 1 and could therefore no longer be retained as a single genus As a result Urocitellus is now considered as a genus in its own right 2 UrocitellusRichardson s ground squirrel in ManitobaScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ChordataClass MammaliaOrder RodentiaFamily SciuridaeTribe MarmotiniGenus UrocitellusObolenskij 1927SpeciesSee text All but two species are native to the northern and western parts of North America from California and Minnesota through the north western United States and western Canada the Arctic ground squirrel inhabits Arctic terrain on both sides of the Bering Strait while the long tailed ground squirrel is exclusively found in Asia The name of the genus is said to be derived from the Latin uro meaning tail and citellus for ground squirrel 2 The proper word for tail in classical Latin is cauda 3 Oura oὐra is the ancient Greek word for tail 4 Species EditThirteen species are currently identified Genus Urocitellus Uinta ground squirrel Urocitellus armatus Belding s ground squirrel Urocitellus beldingi Northern Idaho ground squirrel Urocitellus brunneus Merriam s ground squirrel Urocitellus canus Columbian ground squirrel Urocitellus columbianus Wyoming ground squirrel Urocitellus elegans Southern Idaho ground squirrel Urocitellus endemicus Piute ground squirrel Urocitellus mollis Arctic ground squirrel Urocitellus parryii Richardson s ground squirrel Urocitellus richardsonii Townsend s ground squirrel Urocitellus townsendii Long tailed ground squirrel Urocitellus undulatus Washington ground squirrel Urocitellus washingtoniReferences Edit Herron Matthew D Castoe Todd A Parkinson Christopher L 2004 Sciurid phylogeny and the paraphyly of Holarctic ground squirrels Spermophilus Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 31 3 1015 30 doi 10 1016 j ympev 2003 09 015 PMID 15120398 a b Helgen Kristofer M Cole F Russel Helgen Lauren E amp Wilson Don E 2009 Generic Revision in the Holarctic Ground Squirrel Genus Spermophilus PDF Journal of Mammalogy 90 2 270 305 doi 10 1644 07 MAMM A 309 1 Archived from the original PDF on 15 April 2012 Retrieved 25 February 2016 Lewis C T amp Short C 1879 A Latin dictionary founded on Andrews edition of Freund s Latin dictionary Oxford Clarendon Press Liddell H G amp Scott R 1940 A Greek English Lexicon Revised and augmented throughout by Sir Henry Stuart Jones with the assistance of Roderick McKenzie Oxford Clarendon Press This ground squirrel article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Urocitellus amp oldid 1139559354, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
