Xerospermophilus spilosoma (rodent)
Variant names: Spermophilus spilosoma
Mass: 128 g based on Hudson and Deavers 1973
Abundance: 0.09 to 8.79% (median 2.67%)
Latitudinal range: 30.3° to 35.4°Habitats: (2), desert/xeric shrubland (1), temperate savanna (1)
Found in 4 samples
United States: Red Bluff, Cross Bar Cooperative Management Area, Schulze Cave (layer C2) (Late Pleistocene), Slaton Quarry (Middle Pleistocene)
Size measurements:
body mass | 127.5 g | N = 5 | Hudson and Deavers 1973 |
♂ hind foot length | 32 mm | N = 1 | Bailey 1902 |
♂ hind foot length | 35 mm | N = 1 | Bailey 1902 |
hind foot length | 34 mm | N = 5 | Bailey 1902 |
♂ skull width | 23.5 mm | N = 1 | Bailey 1902 |
♂ skull width | 22 mm | N = 1 | Bailey 1902 |
♂ tail length | 67 mm | N = 1 | Bailey 1902 |
♂ tail length | 85 mm | N = 1 | Bailey 1902 |
tail length | 78 mm | N = 5 | Bailey 1902 |
♂ total body length | 225 mm | N = 1 | Bailey 1902 |
♂ total body length | 237 mm | N = 1 | Bailey 1902 |
total body length | 230 mm | N = 5 | Bailey 1902 |
♂ upper tooth row length | 7.2 mm | N = 1 | Bailey 1902 |
♂ upper tooth row length | 7 mm | N = 1 | Bailey 1902 |