Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae Author Robert S. Hoffmann Author Charles G. Anderson text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 419 465 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353130 1-56098-217-9 7353130 Spermophilus richardsonii (Sabine, 1822) . Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 13:589 . TYPE LOCALITY: "Carleton-House," [ Saskatchewan , Canada ] . DISTRIBUTION: N Great Plains in S Alberta , S Saskatchewan , S Manitoba ( Canada ), Montana (see Swenson, 1981 ), North Dakota , NE South Dakota , W Minnesota , and NW Iowa ( USA ). COMMENTS: Subgenus Spermophilus ( Hall, 1981:385 ) . Formerly included elegans ; see comment under that species. Reviewed by Michener and Koeppl (1985 , Mammalian Species, 243).