Spermophilus (Otospermophilus) beecheyi Richardson 1829

Spermophilus (Otospermophilus) beecheyi Richardson 1829, Fauna Boreali-Americana, Vol. 1: 170.

Type Locality: "neighborhood of San Francisco and Monterey, in Calfornia." Restricted by Grinnell (1933) to Monterey, Monterey Co., California, USA.

Vernacular Names: California Ground Squirrel.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Spermophilus (Otospermophilus) beecheyi subsp. beecheyi Richardson 1829

Subspecies Spermophilus (Otospermophilus) beecheyi subsp. douglasii Richardson 1829

Subspecies Spermophilus (Otospermophilus) beecheyi subsp. fisheri Merriam 1893

Subspecies Spermophilus (Otospermophilus) beecheyi subsp. nesioticus Elliot 1904

Subspecies Spermophilus (Otospermophilus) beecheyi subsp. nudipes Huey 1931

Subspecies Spermophilus (Otospermophilus) beecheyi subsp. parvulus A. H. Howell 1931

Subspecies Spermophilus (Otospermophilus) beecheyi subsp. rupinarum Huey 1931

Subspecies Spermophilus (Otospermophilus) beecheyi subsp. sierrae A. H. Howell 1938

Distribution: W Washington (USA) to Baja California Norte (Mexico).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Otospermophilus (Hall, 1981:401) .