Ictidomys

Ictidomys is a North American genus of rodent in the squirrel family, which contains the thirteen-lined ground squirrel, the Mexican ground squirrel, and the Rio Grande ground squirrel. These species were included in the species-rich ground squirrel genus Spermophilus until molecular data showed that this genus was not a natural, monophyletic grouping.

Ictidomys
Mexican ground squirrel (Ictidomys mexicanus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Sciuridae
Tribe:	Marmotini
Genus:	Ictidomys J. A. Allen, 1877
Type species
Citellus tridecemlineatus[1] Mitchill, 1821
Species
Ictidomys mexicanus Ictidomys parvidens Ictidomys tridecemlineatus

Species

Image	Name	Distribution
	Ictidomys mexicanus	Mexico and the United States.
	Ictidomys parvidens	United States (Texas and New Mexico) and in north-eastern Mexico.
	Ictidomys tridecemlineatus	North America