Callospermophilus

Callospermophilus is a genus of ground squirrel from North America.

Callospermophilus
Golden-mantled ground squirrel (Callospermophilus lateralis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Sciuridae
Tribe:	Marmotini
Genus:	Callospermophilus Merriam, 1897
Type species
Sciurus lateralis Say, 1823[1]

Etymology

Callospermophilus: gr. καλλος kallos – beauty, from καλος kalos – beautiful; genus Spermophilus F. Cuvier, 1825^[2]

Species

The genus contains three species:

Image	Name	Distribution
	Golden-mantled ground squirrel (C. lateralis)	western North America.
	Sierra Madre ground squirrel (C. madrensis)	Sierra Madre Occidental, in northern Mexico.
	Cascade golden-mantled ground squirrel (C. saturatus)	province of British Columbia, Canada and the state of Washington, United States