Urocitellus parryii (Rodentia: Sciuridae)
Urocitellus parryii (Richardson, 1825) is a high-latitude sciurid known as the Arctic ground squirrel. The largest of 12 species in the genus Urocitellus, its range extends farther north than any other species of squirrel. It is also the only member of family Sciuridae with a Holarctic distribution....
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ftbioone:10.1093/mspecies/sey011 2024-06-02T08:00:13+00:00 Urocitellus parryii (Rodentia: Sciuridae) Bryan S. McLean Bryan S. McLean world 2018-09-21 text/HTML https://doi.org/10.1093/mspecies/sey011 en eng American Society of Mammalogists doi:10.1093/mspecies/sey011 All rights reserved. https://doi.org/10.1093/mspecies/sey011 Text 2018 ftbioone https://doi.org/10.1093/mspecies/sey011 2024-05-07T00:56:38Z Urocitellus parryii (Richardson, 1825) is a high-latitude sciurid known as the Arctic ground squirrel. The largest of 12 species in the genus Urocitellus, its range extends farther north than any other species of squirrel. It is also the only member of family Sciuridae with a Holarctic distribution. U. parryii is colonial and a conspicuous inhabitant of tundra, meadows, and boreal forests across large tracts of Canada, Alaska, and eastern Siberia. Although the subject of significant research in some parts of its geographic range, aspects of U. parryii biology remain understudied in others, a trend that further characterizes its representation in museum collections both spatially and temporally. Although U. parryii is not currently of conservation concern (listed as “Least Concern” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources), filling remaining knowledge gaps will be an important component of continued persistence given predicted scenarios of environmental change. Text Arctic ground squirrel Arctic Tundra Urocitellus parryii Alaska Siberia BioOne Online Journals Arctic Canada Mammalian Species 50 964 84 99 |
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Urocitellus parryii (Richardson, 1825) is a high-latitude sciurid known as the Arctic ground squirrel. The largest of 12 species in the genus Urocitellus, its range extends farther north than any other species of squirrel. It is also the only member of family Sciuridae with a Holarctic distribution. U. parryii is colonial and a conspicuous inhabitant of tundra, meadows, and boreal forests across large tracts of Canada, Alaska, and eastern Siberia. Although the subject of significant research in some parts of its geographic range, aspects of U. parryii biology remain understudied in others, a trend that further characterizes its representation in museum collections both spatially and temporally. Although U. parryii is not currently of conservation concern (listed as “Least Concern” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources), filling remaining knowledge gaps will be an important component of continued persistence given predicted scenarios of environmental change. |
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