Antelope squirrel

Antelope squirrels
Temporal range: Late Miocene - Recent
White-tailed antelope squirrel (Ammospermophilus leucurus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Tribe: Marmotini
Genus: Ammospermophilus
Merriam, 1892
Type species
Spermophilus leucurus
Species

A. harrisii
A. insularis
A. interpres
A. leucurus
A. nelsoni

Antelope squirrels or antelope ground squirrels of the genus Ammospermophilus are sciurids found in the desert and dry scrub areas of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. They are a type of ground squirrel and are able to resist hyperthermia and can survive body temperatures over 40 °C (104 °F).