Harris's antelope squirrel

Harris's antelope squirrel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Ammospermophilus
Species:
A. harrisii
Binomial name
Ammospermophilus harrisii
(Audubon & Bachman, 1854)

Harris's antelope squirrel (Ammospermophilus harrisii) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.[2] It is found in Arizona and New Mexico in the United States, and in Sonora in Mexico. They are adapted to hot weather conditions including a technique called "heat dumping". They have a wide-ranging diet, including both vegetation, insects, small rodents and carrion.

  1. ^ Timm, R.; Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T.; Castro-Arellano, I.; Lacher, T. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Ammospermophilus harrisii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T42399A115189204. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T42399A22251385.en. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  2. ^ Thorington, R.W. Jr; Hoffman, R.S. (2005). "Family Sciuridae". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 797. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.