Spermophilus (Ictidomys) mexicanus (Erxleben 1777)

[Sciurus] mexicanus Erxleben 1777, Systema Regni Animalis, Vol. 1: 428.

Type Locality: "in nova Hispania?" Restricted by Mearns (1896:443) to "Toluca, [Mexico,] Mexico." .

Vernacular Names: Mexican Ground Squirrel.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Spermophilus (Ictidomys) mexicanus subsp. mexicanus Erxleben 1777

Subspecies Spermophilus (Ictidomys) mexicanus subsp. parvidens Mearns 1896

Distribution: S New Mexico and W Texas (USA) to Jalisco and S Puebla (C Mexico).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Ictidomys (Hall, 1981:394) . Known to hybridize at several localities with tridecemlineatus (Cothran and Honeycutt, 1984; Cothran et al., 1977). Reviewed by Young and Jones (1982, Mammalian Species No. 164).