White-tailed antelope squirrel

White-tailed antelope squirrel
White-tailed antelope squirrel in Southern Utah
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Ammospermophilus
Species:
A. leucurus
Binomial name
Ammospermophilus leucurus
(Merriam, 1889)
Distribution map of the white-tailed antelope squirrel—Ammospermophilus leucurus

The white-tailed antelope squirrel (Ammospermophilus leucurus) is a diurnal species of ground squirrel, scientifically classified in the order Rodentia and family Sciuridae, found in arid regions of the southwestern United States and the Baja California Peninsula of northwestern Mexico.

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