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)
Found in 3 samples
United States: Elkol-Sorenson Mine (1981), Silver Creek (Late Pleistocene), Dead Indian Creek (Holocene)
Size measurements:
body mass | 312.4 g | N = 5 | Hudson and Deavers 1973 |
♂ body mass | 256.21 g | N = 8 | Ellis and Balph 1976 |
♂ body mass | 312.84 g | N = 14 | Ellis and Balph 1976 |
♂ body mass | 317.45 g | N = 4 | Ellis and Balph 1976 |
♂ body mass | 273.24 g | N = 9 | Ellis and Balph 1976 |
♂ body mass | 369.98 g | N = 10 | Ellis and Balph 1976 |
♂ body mass | 417.99 g | N = 7 | Ellis and Balph 1976 |
♂ body mass | 308.03 g | N = 7 | Ellis and Balph 1976 |
See also Urocitellus, Urocitellus columbianus, Urocitellus mollis, Urocitellus parryii, Urocitellus richardsonii, Urocitellus townsendii, Urocitellus undulatus, Urocitellus washingtoni