Spermophilus
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| Missing image CaliforniaGroundSquirrel.jpg California Ground Squirrel Spermophilus beecheyi | ||||||||||||||
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The genus Spermophilus is the largest genus of ground squirrels and the one that contains the species that are most common and familiar in North America. Members of the genus are found from western Europe to Siberia and Alaska to northern Mexico.
Species include:
- Spermophilus beecheyi - California Ground Squirrel.
- Spermophilus beldingi - Belding's Ground Squirrel.
- Spermophilus brunneus - Idaho Ground Squirrel.
- Spermophilus franklinii - Franklin's Ground Squirrel.
- Spermophilus lateralis - Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel.
- Spermophilus richardsonii - Richardson's Ground Squirrel.
- Spermophilus tridecemlineatus - Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel .Template:Mammal-stub