Ammospermophilus harrisii (Audubon and Bachman 1854)

[Ammospermophilus] harrisii (Audubon and Bachman 1854), Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, 3: 267.

Type Locality: Unknown. Restricted by Mearns (1896:444) to Santa Cruz Valley at the Mexican boundary, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona [USA].

Vernacular Names: Harris's Antelope Squirrel.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Ammospermophilus harrisii subsp. harrisii Audubon and Bachman 1854

Subspecies Ammospermophilus harrisii subsp. saxicolus Mearns 1896

Distribution: Arizona to SW New Mexico (USA) and adjoining Sonora, Mexico.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: See A. insularis; reviewed by Best et al. (1990 c, Mammalian Species No. 366).