Urocitellus
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urocitellus-291-799591
title:
Urocitellus
text:
Urocitellus is a genus of ground squirrels. They were previously believed to belong to the much larger genus Spermophilus, but DNA sequencing of the cytochrome b gene showed that this group was paraphyletic to the prairie dogs and marmots, and could therefore no longer be retained as a single genus. As a result, Urocitellus is now considered as a genus in its own right. All but two species are native to the northern and western parts of North America, from California and Minnesota through the no
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encyclopedia
description:
Genus of rodents
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urocitellus
date created:
date modified:
2023-02-15T18:58:15Z
main entity:
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image:
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13
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