Summary description from Wikipedia:

Xerospermophilus spilosoma in languages:

Czech

sysel tečkovaný

English

Spotted Ground Squirrel

Finnish

täpläsiiseli

French

Spermophile tacheté

German

Fleckenziesel

Polish

karłosuseł nakrapiany

Portuguese

Esquilo-terrestre-pintado

Russian

Пятнистый суслик

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Parent Taxon

• Xerospermophilus

Sibling Taxa

• Xerospermophilus mohavensis
• Xerospermophilus perotensis
• Xerospermophilus spilosoma
• Xerospermophilus tereticaudus

Child Taxa

• Xerospermophilus spilosoma cabrerai
• Xerospermophilus spilosoma canescens
• Xerospermophilus spilosoma cryptospilotus
• Xerospermophilus spilosoma marginatus
• Xerospermophilus spilosoma obsoletus
• Xerospermophilus spilosoma pallescens
• Xerospermophilus spilosoma spilosoma

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