MCZ Mammalogy 4792

Spermophilus elegans Kennicott, 1863

Syntype of Spermophilus elegans

Date Collected:

1858-04-11

North America: United States: Wyoming: Uinta | Fort Bridger

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:4792 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Spermophilus elegans Kennicott, 1863
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Rodentia Sciuridae
Common Name(s): Wyoming Ground Squirrel
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: type ID
Previous Identifications
Citellus elegans
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Rodentia Sciuridae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Spermophilus richardsoni var. elegans
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Rodentia Sciuridae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: MCZ Ledger

Kennicott 1863, page 158, Syntype of Spermophilus elegans Kennicott, 1863
Media type: text; Kennicott 1863 Description: Descriptions of four new species of <i>Spermophilus </i>in the collections of the Smithsonian Institution;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: Kennicott 1863 Description: Descriptions of four new species of Spermophilus in the collections of the Smithsonian Institution

  • additional number: USNM3473
  • previous number: 166

Part Condition Disposition Count
skin (dry) unchecked missing 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
sex male [no agent data], Method: migration 2009-06-20

  • None

  • this specimen was spoiled in repreparation and was discarded. no longer in existence. See Helgen and McFadden, 2001.

  • None

  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Wyoming
  • County:
  • Uinta
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/2002385 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Fort Bridger
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Fort Bridger
  • Georeference:
  • 41.3181640°, -110.38844° (Error radius: 2293m) By: Tsuyoshi Takahashi on 2024-08-21 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1858-04-11
  • Verbatim Date:
  • Migrated as 11-Apr-1858
  • Collector:
  • Charles Drexler

  • None

Media type: text; Mammalogy 4776; 4777; 4778; 4779; 4780; 4781; 4782; 4783; 4784; 4787; 4788; 4789; 4790; 4791; 4792; 4793; 4794; 4795; 4797; 4798; 4800; 4785; 4786; 4796; 4799 Description: MCZ Mammalogy Mammals 002801-008925, pg.80;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Mamm:4776 Citellus franklini to MCZ:Mamm:47...

  • [Masked]

  • None
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