Educational resources on Merriam's Ground Squirrel

Merriam's Ground Squirrel or Spermophilus canus is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Lower Risk/Least Concern . IUCN Profile of the Merriam's Ground Squirrel

Academic web links for the Merriam's Ground Squirrel.

North American Mammals: Spermophilus canus
Until recently, Merriam's Ground Squirrel, the Piute Ground Squirrel, and Townsend's Ground Squirrel were all classified as one species, but their chromosome counts are different
www.mnh.si.edu/mna/image_info.cfm?species_id=357

ADW: Spermophilus: Classification
What do these icons mean? The icons tell you what features are available for ... Spermophilus canus (Merriam's ground squirrel)
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Spermophilus.html

North American Mammals: Search Results
Spermophilus canus (Merriam's Ground Squirrel) Spermophilus columbianus (Columbian Ground Squirrel) Spermophilus elegans (Wyoming Ground Squirrel)
www.mnh.si.edu/mna/image_menu.cfm?family=33

North American Mammals: Spermophilus canus
Spermophilus canus (Merriam's Ground Squirrel) Spermophilus canus - distinguishable from S. mollis and S. townsendii only by
www.mnh.si.edu/mna/full_image.cfm?image_id=1487

Mammalian Species Accounts
Mammalian Species is published regularly by the American Society of Mammalogists with 25-30 accounts issued each year, each summarizing the current understanding of the biology of
www.science.smith.edu/departments/Biology/VHAYSSEN/msi/msiaccounts.html

Mammal Species of the World - Browse: canus
Merriam's Ground Squirrel: Type Locality: "Antelope, Wasco County, Oregon." [USA]. Distribution: USA: E Oregon, except NE and SE corners; extreme NW Nevada; W side of Snake River in WC
www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=12401009

Virginia Hayssen
834, Merriam's Ground Squirrel Xerus erythropus, 748, Striped Ground Squirrel
www.science.smith.edu/departments/Biology/VHAYSSEN/msi/msigenus.html

Eric A. Rickart's Publications
Merriam's ground squirrel . /Spermophilus canus. Pg. 415, in The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals (D. E. Wilson and S. Ruff, eds.) Smithsonian Institution Press
www.biology.utah.edu/faculty3.php?inum=94

SWReGAP Vertebrate Habitat Distribution Models
SAGEBRUSH VOLE Lemmiscus curtatus 552494 ARIZONA WOODRAT Neotoma devia 552495 OSGOOD'S MOUSE Peromyscus gratus 552496 ROCK MOUSE Peromyscus nasutus 552499 MERRIAM'S GROUND SQUIRREL
fws-nmcfwru.nmsu.edu/swregap/habitatreview/swregaphabitatmodelmetadata.htm

data information
A B; 1: 179377.img: RUFOUS-CROWNED SPARROW (Aimophila ruficeps) ITIS # 179377: 2: 179439.img: CLAY-COLORED SPARROW (Spizella pallida) ITIS # 179439
fws-nmcfwru.nmsu.edu/modeling_database/names.xls