Order Rodentia (Part 1) Author James H. Honacki Author Kenneth E. Kinman Author James W. Koeppl text 1982 Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections Lawrence, Kansas, USA Editor James H. Honacki Editor Kenneth E. Kinman Editor James W. Koeppl Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition) 345 382 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353023 dad61072-6081-4192-9e01-c996e8d6528f 0-89327-235-3 7353023 Ammospermophilus Merriam, 1892 . Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 7: 27 . REVIEWED BY: D. J. Hafner (DJH). COMMENT: Formerly included in Spermophilus (= Citellus ) by Hershkovitz, 1949, J. Mammal., 30:296. Bryant, 1945 , Am. Midi. Nat., 33:374-375, considered Ammospermophilus a distinct genus. Recent biochemical and chromosomal data support Bryant's recognition of generic status; currently being revised by DJH. ISIS NUMBER: 5301410002001000000.