Back هوقل كاليفورني Arabic هوقل كاليفورنى ARZ Werpol (Spermophilus beecheyi) AVK Spermophilus beecheyi Bulgarian Suslic de Califòrnia Catalan Otospermophilus beecheyi CEB Kalifornischer Ziesel German Spermophilus beecheyi Basque سنجاب زمینی کالیفرنیا Persian Otospermophilus beecheyi French
| California ground squirrel | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Genus: | Otospermophilus |
| Species: | O. beecheyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Otospermophilus beecheyi (Richardson, 1829)[2]
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Arctomys (Spermophilus) beecheyi Richardson, 1829[3] | |
The California ground squirrel (Otospermophilus beecheyi), also known as the Beechey ground squirrel,[4] is a common and easily observed ground squirrel of the western United States and the Baja California Peninsula; it is common in Oregon and California and its range has relatively recently extended into Washington and northwestern Nevada. Formerly placed in Spermophilus, as Spermophilus beecheyi, it was reclassified in Otospermophilus in 2009, as it became clear that Spermophilus as previously defined was not a natural (monophyletic) group.[5] A full species account was published for this species in 2016.[6]
- ^ Timm, R.; Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T.; Lacher, T. (2016). "Otospermophilus beecheyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T20481A22263743. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T20481A22263743.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ "Otospermophilus beecheyi". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2016-03-21.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Richardson 1829was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Jameson, E.W. Jr.; Peeters, Hans J. (2004). Mammals of California (Revised ed.). Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 262–263, Pl. 9. ISBN 978-0-520-23582-3.
- ^ Helgen, Kristofer M.; Cole, F. Russel; Helgen, Lauren E.; Wilson, Don 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.
- ^ Smith, Jennifer E.; Long, Douglas J.; Russell, Imani D.; Newcomb, Kate Lee; Muñoz, Valeska D. (2016-12-15). "Otospermophilus beecheyi (Rodentia: Sciuridae)". Mammalian Species. 48 (939): 91–108. doi:10.1093/mspecies/sew010.