Spotted Ground Squirrel
Spermophilus spilosoma

 

• Order: Rodentia
• Family: Sciuridae (Squirrels)
• Species: Spermophilus spilosoma (spur-MAW-fil-lus spy-LOW-so-muh)
• Common English Names: Spotted Ground Squirrel
• Common Spanish Names: Ardilla de Tierra Moteada

Spermophilus spilosoma (Spermophilus spilosoma). Top figure from Bailey, 1931. Bottom figure, study skin of Spermophilus spilosoma, UTEP mammal specimen 1885, Franklin Mts., El Paso Co., Texas.

Last Update: 28 Jan 2008