Townsend's ground squirrel | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Sciuridae |
Genus: | Urocitellus |
Species: | U. townsendii
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Binomial name | |
Urocitellus townsendii (Bachman, 1839)
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Synonyms | |
Spermophilus townsendii Bachman, 1839 |
Townsend's ground squirrel (Urocitellus townsendii) is a rare species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to Washington in the United States.[1]