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Wyoming ground squirrel

Wyoming ground squirrel
Urocitellus elegans
Temporal range: 1.8–0 Ma
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Urocitellus
Species: U. elegans
Binomial name
Urocitellus elegans
(Kennicott, 1863)
Synonyms
  • Citellus elegans Kennicott, 1863
  • Citellus kimballensis Kent, 1967
  • Spermophilus elegans Kennicott, 1863

The Wyoming ground squirrel (Urocitellus elegans) is a species of rodents in the family Sciuridae.

It is endemic to the Northwestern United States.




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