| Tropical ground squirrel | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Genus: | Notocitellus |
| Species: | N. adocetus
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| Binomial name | |
| Notocitellus adocetus (Merriam, 1903)
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| Synonyms | |
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Spermophilus adocetus | |
The tropical ground squirrel (Notocitellus adocetus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. At one time the species was originally described as Spermophilus adocetus, but the genus Spermophilus was revised and subdivided in 2009 and it was placed in the genus Notocitellus. It is endemic to arid upland areas and deciduous woodland in Mexico.[2] It is locally referred to as Cuinique.[3]
- ^ de Grammont, P.C.; Cuarón, A. (2016). "Notocitellus adocetus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T20477A22265744. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T20477A22265744.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ Helgen, Kristofer M.; Cole, F. Russel; Helgen, Lauren E.; Wilson, Don E (2009). "Generic Revision in the Holarctic Ground Squirrel Genus Spermophilus". Journal of Mammalogy. 90 (2): 270–305. doi:10.1644/07-MAMM-A-309.1.
- ^ Ceballos, G.; González, C.; Martínez, E. (September 22, 2010). "Spermophilus adocetus (Cuinique)" (in Spanish). Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad. Archived from the original on March 19, 2017.