Spermophilus elegans Kennicott, 1863

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 : 368

Spermophilus elegans Kennicott, 1863 . Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., p. 158.

TYPE LOCALITY: U.S.A., Wyoming, Uinta Co., Fort Bridger .

DISTRIBUTION: N.E. Nevada, S.E. Oregon, S. Idaho, and S.W. Montana to C. Colorado and W. Nebraska ( U.S.A.).

COMMENT: Subgenus Spermophilus ; see Hall, 1981:385. Regarded by Howell, 1938, N. Am. Fauna, 56:1 -256, and Hall, 1981:385, as a subspecies of richardsonii ; but Nadler et al., 1971, Syst. Zool., 20:298-305, Robinson and Hoffmann, 1975, Syst. Zool., 28:79-88, and Koeppl et al., 1978, J. Mammal., 59:677-696, provided evidence of specific distinctness and included aureus and nevadensis in elegans .