Urocitellus armatus (rodent)
Variant names: Spermophilus armatus

Mass: 317 g based on Hudson and Deavers 1973 and Ellis and Balph 1976

Abundance: 0.74 to 4.77% (median 2.53%)

Latitudinal range: 40.7° to 44.7°

Habitats: (2), desert/xeric shrubland (1)

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Found in 3 samples

United States: Elkol-Sorenson Mine (1981), Silver Creek (Late Pleistocene), Dead Indian Creek (Holocene)

Size measurements:
body mass312.4 gN = 5Hudson and Deavers 1973
♂ body mass256.21 gN = 8Ellis and Balph 1976
♂ body mass312.84 gN = 14Ellis and Balph 1976
♂ body mass317.45 gN = 4Ellis and Balph 1976
♂ body mass273.24 gN = 9Ellis and Balph 1976
♂ body mass369.98 gN = 10Ellis and Balph 1976
♂ body mass417.99 gN = 7Ellis and Balph 1976
♂ body mass308.03 gN = 7Ellis and Balph 1976

See also Urocitellus, Urocitellus columbianus, Urocitellus mollis, Urocitellus parryii, Urocitellus richardsonii, Urocitellus townsendii, Urocitellus undulatus, Urocitellus washingtoni