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 Ammospermophilus insularis Nelson and Goldman, 1909 . Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington , 22:24 . TYPE LOCALITY: "Espiritu Santo Island, Lower California [= Baja California Sur ], Mexico ." DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality. COMMENTS: Considered a distinct species ( Hall, 1981:381 ); may be most closely related to A. harrisii ( Mascarello and Bolles, 1980 ) . Reviewed by Best et al. (1990a , Mammalian Species, 364).