NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Xerospermophilus
  Tribe - Marmotini
  Subfamily - Xerinae
  Family - Sciuridae
  Suborder - Sciuromorpha
  Order - Rodentia
  Infraclass - Eutheria
  Subclass - Theria
  Class - Mammalia
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Xerospermophilus spilosoma spilosoma
      Subspecies - Xerospermophilus spilosoma altiplanensis
      Subspecies - Xerospermophilus spilosoma ammophilus
      Subspecies - Xerospermophilus spilosoma annectens
      Subspecies - Xerospermophilus spilosoma bavicorensis
      Subspecies - Xerospermophilus spilosoma cabrerai
      Subspecies - Xerospermophilus spilosoma canescens
      Subspecies - Xerospermophilus spilosoma cryptospilotus
      Subspecies - Xerospermophilus spilosoma marginatus
      Subspecies - Xerospermophilus spilosoma obsoletus
      Subspecies - Xerospermophilus spilosoma oricolus
      Subspecies - Xerospermophilus spilosoma pallescens
      Subspecies - Xerospermophilus spilosoma pratensis