Spotted Ground Squirrel
Xerospermophilus spilosoma

• Order: Rodentia
• Family: Sciuridae (Squirrels)
• Species: Xerospermophilus spilosoma (zair-ro-sperm-OFF-ih-lus spy-LOW-so-muh)
• Common English Names: Spotted Ground Squirrel
• Common Spanish Names: Ardilla de Tierra Moteada

Spotted Ground Squirrel (Xerospermophilus spilosoma). Top figure from Bailey, 1931. Bottom figure, study skin of Xerospermophilus spilosoma, UTEP mammal specimen 1885, Franklin Mountains, El Paso Co., Texas.

Until recently, this animal was known as Spermophilus spilosoma.

Last Update: 18 Jul 2009