Snake River Plains ground squirrel
| Snake River Plains ground squirrel | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Genus: | Urocitellus |
| Species: | U. idahoensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Urocitellus idahoensis (C. H. Merriam, 1913) | |
The Snake River Plains ground squirrel (Urocitellus idahoensis) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to Idaho in the western United States. It was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the Piute ground squirrel, before being identified as a distinct species on the basis of genetic differences in 2025.[1]
There are two subspecies proposed: U. i. idahoensis and U. i. artemesiae.[1]
References
- ^ a b McLean, Bryan S; Rickart, Eric A; Cook, Joseph A; Guralnick, Robert P; Burgin, Connor J; Lohr, Kristin (2025-03-25). "Integrative species delimitation reveals an Idaho-endemic ground squirrel, Urocitellus idahoensis (Merriam 1913)". Journal of Mammalogy. 106 (2): 405–429. doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyae135. ISSN 0022-2372. PMC 11933283. PMID 40144356.