Rio Grande ground squirrel

Rio Grande ground squirrel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Ictidomys
Species:
I. parvidens
Binomial name
Ictidomys parvidens
(Mearns, 1896)
Synonyms
  • Spermophilus mexicanus parvidens

The Rio Grande ground squirrel (Ictidomys parvidens) is a species of squirrel in the family Sciuridae. It is found in the south-western United States (Texas and New Mexico) and in north-eastern Mexico.