Wyoming ground squirrel

{{Short description|Species of rodent}}

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| name = Wyoming ground squirrel
Urocitellus elegans

| fossil_range = {{fossil range|1.8|0}}

| image = Urocitellus elegans.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Yensen, E. |author2=NatureServe |date=2017 |title=Urocitellus elegans |volume=2017 |page=e.T42467A22265347 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T42467A22265347.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}

| genus = Urocitellus

| species = elegans

| authority = (Kennicott, 1863)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

| synonyms =

  • Citellus elegans Kennicott, 1863
  • Citellus kimballensis Kent, 1967
  • Spermophilus elegans Kennicott, 1863

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

References

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  • 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 ([http://hdl.handle.net/10217/5088 URL])

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Category:Urocitellus

Category:Endemic rodents of the United States

Category:Fauna of the Northwestern United States

Category:Natural history of Wyoming

Category:Mammals described in 1863

Category:Taxa named by Robert Kennicott

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

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