MELANISTIC CALIFORNIA GROUND SQUIRRELS (OTOSPERMOPHILUS BEECHEYI)

Salvador González-Guzmán; Eric Mellink; Scott Tremor

doi:10.1894/0038-4909-65.3-4.266

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Salvador González-Guzmán,^1,* Eric Mellink,^2,** Scott Tremor³

¹Conservacion de Fauna del Noroeste A.C., Calle Granada, 2100B, Ensenada, México (SGG)
²Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, Carretera Ensenada–Tijuana 3918, 22860 Ensenada, México (EM)
³San Diego Natural History Museum, P.O. Box 121390, San Diego, CA 92112 (ST)

^*†Deceased
^**Correspondent: emellink@cicese.mx

Abstract

Although melanism is common in some species of North American squirrels, its occurrence in the California ground squirrel (Otospermophilus beecheyi) was only anecdotal and reported in the early 20th century. Here we report on melanistic individuals in this species in northwestern Baja California in 2013 and 2020.

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Salvador González-Guzmán, Eric Mellink, and Scott Tremor "MELANISTIC CALIFORNIA GROUND SQUIRRELS (OTOSPERMOPHILUS BEECHEYI)," The Southwestern Naturalist 65(3-4), 266-287, (16 February 2022). https://doi.org/10.1894/0038-4909-65.3-4.266

Received: 17 August 2020; Accepted: 5 August 2021; Published: 16 February 2022

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