Spermophilus parryii

– Lower Risk Least Concern

Taxonomy

Kingdom:

ANIMALIA

Phylum:

CHORDATA

Class:

MAMMALIA

Order:

RODENTIA

Family:

SCIURIDAE

Scientific Name:

Spermophilus parryii

Species Authority:

(Richardson, 1825)

Infra-specific Taxa Assessed:

See Spermophilus parryii ssp. lyratus

See Spermophilus parryii ssp. nebulicola

See Spermophilus parryii ssp. kodiacensis

Common Name/s:

English

—

ARCTIC GROUND SQUIRREL

Assessment Information

Red List Category & Criteria:

LR/lc ver 2.3 (1994)

Year Assessed:

2000

Assessor/s:

Cook, J.A.

Evaluator/s:

Hafner, D.J., Yensen, E. & Kirkland, G.L., Jr. (Rodent Red List Authority)

History:

1996

Lower Risk/least concern (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)

Geographic Range

Countries:

Native:

Canada (British Columbia, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Saskatchewan, Yukon); United States (Alaska)

Habitat and Ecology

System:

Terrestrial

Bibliography

Bibliography:

Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.

Hilton-Taylor, C. (compiler). 2000. 2000 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Nowak, R.M. (ed.) 1999. Walkers Mammals of the World. Sixth edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London.

Citation:	Cook, J.A. 2000. Spermophilus parryii. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 29 August 2008.
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