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Callospermophilus saturatus (Cascade golden-mantled ground squirrel)

Synonyms: Spermophilus saturatus (heterotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Cascade golden-mantled ground squirrel (Spermophilus saturatus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae, in the order Rodentia. It is the largest species of the three within the subgenus Callospermophilus. It is found in the Cascade Mountains in the province of British Columbia, Canada and the state of Washington, United States.
View Wikipedia Record: Callospermophilus saturatus

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
3
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
20
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 6.94
EDGE Score: 2.07
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  275 grams
Birth Weight [1]  6 grams
Diet [2]  Herbivore, Mycophage
Female Maturity [1]  11 months 5 days
Male Maturity [1]  11 months 5 days
Gestation [1]  28 days
Hibernates [2]  Yes
Litter Size [1]  4
Litters / Year [1]  1
Weaning [1]  43 days

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Lake Chelan National Recreation Area II 606367 Washington, United States
Whiskey-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area V 197791 California, United States

Predators

Range Map

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 2Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 3Spermophilus saturatus, Stephan C. Trombulak, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 322, pp. 1-4 (1988)
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0