Ammospermophilus Merriam, 1892

James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 1), Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA: Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections, pp. 345-382 : 345

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Ammospermophilus Merriam, 1892 View in CoL . Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 7: 27.

REVIEWED BY: D. J. Hafner (DJH).

COMMENT: Formerly included in Spermophilus (= Citellus ) by Hershkovitz, 1949, J. Mammal., 30:296. Bryant, 1945, Am. Midi. Nat., 33:374-375, considered Ammospermophilus a distinct genus. Recent biochemical and chromosomal data support Bryant's recognition of generic status; currently being revised by DJH.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410002001000000.