Golden-mantled ground squirrel
| Golden-mantled ground squirrel | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Genus: | Callospermophilus |
| Species: | C. lateralis |
| Binomial name | |
| Callospermophilus lateralis (Say, 1823) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Spermophilus lateralis | |
The golden-mantled ground squirrel (Callospermophilus lateralis) is a ground squirrel native to western North America. It is distributed in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia and Alberta, and through much of the western United States.