Notocitellus

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title: Notocitellus
text: Notocitellus is a genus of ground squirrels, containing two species from Mexico. These species are the tropical ground squirrel, and the ring-tailed ground squirrel (N. annulatus). Notocitellus was formerly placed in the large ground squirrel genus Spermophilus, as a subgenus or species group. Since DNA sequencing of the cytochrome b gene has shown Spermophilus to be paraphyletic to the marmots, antelope squirrels, and prairie dogs, it is now separated, along with six other genera. The exact rel
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description: Genus of rodents
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notocitellus
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date modified: 2022-06-10T21:01:40Z
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