Xerospermophilus spilosoma (rodent)

Mass: 128 g based on Hudson and Deavers 1973

Abundance: 0.09 to 8.79% (median 0.36%)

Latitudinal range: 30.3° to 35.4°

Habitats: (1), desert/xeric shrubland (1), temperate savanna (1)

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Found in 3 samples

United States: Red Bluff, Cross Bar Cooperative Management Area, Schulze Cave (layer C2)

Size measurements:
body mass127.5 gN = 5Hudson and Deavers 1973
♂ hind foot length32 mmN = 1Bailey 1902
♂ hind foot length35 mmN = 1Bailey 1902
hind foot length34 mmN = 5Bailey 1902
♂ skull width23.5 mmN = 1Bailey 1902
♂ skull width22 mmN = 1Bailey 1902
♂ tail length67 mmN = 1Bailey 1902
♂ tail length85 mmN = 1Bailey 1902
tail length78 mmN = 5Bailey 1902
♂ total body length225 mmN = 1Bailey 1902
♂ total body length237 mmN = 1Bailey 1902
total body length230 mmN = 5Bailey 1902
♂ upper tooth row length7.2 mmN = 1Bailey 1902
♂ upper tooth row length7 mmN = 1Bailey 1902

See also Xerospermophilus, Xerospermophilus tereticaudus