Callospermophilus
{{Short description|Genus of rodents}}
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| image = Goldmantelziesel.jpg
| image_caption = Golden-mantled ground squirrel (Callospermophilus lateralis)
| taxon = Callospermophilus
| authority = Merriam, 1897
| type_species = Sciurus lateralis
| type_species_authority = Say, 1823{{cite journal |last1=Merriam |first1=C. Hart |title=Notes on the Chipmunks of the Genus Eutamias Occurring West of the East Base of the Cascade-Sierra System, with Descriptions of New Forms |journal=Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington |date=1 July 1897 |volume=11 |page=189}}
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Callospermophilus is a genus of ground squirrel from North America.
Etymology
Callospermophilus: gr. καλλος kallos – beauty, from καλος kalos – beautiful; genus Spermophilus F. Cuvier, 1825{{cite journal |last1= Palmer|first1= T.S.|date= 1904|title= Index Generum Mammalium: a List of the Genera and Families of Mammals |url= https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/88553#page/161/mode/1up|journal= North American Fauna|volume= 23 |pages= 153 |doi= 10.3996/nafa.23.0001|access-date= 2018-02-09|doi-access= free}}
Species
The genus contains three species:
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| Image | Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|
| 120px | Golden-mantled ground squirrel (C. lateralis) | western North America. |
| 120px | Sierra Madre ground squirrel (C. madrensis) | Sierra Madre Occidental, in northern Mexico. |
| 120px | Cascade golden-mantled ground squirrel (C. saturatus) | province of British Columbia, Canada and the state of Washington, United States |
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Category:Rodents of North America
Category:Taxa named by Clinton Hart Merriam
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