Definition of Spermophile. Meaning of Spermophile. Synonyms of Spermophile

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Definition of Spermophile

Spermophile
Spermophile Sper"mo*phile, n. [Gr. spe`rma a seed + fi`los loving, fond.] (Zo["o]l.) Any ground squirrel of the genus Spermophilus; a gopher. See Illust. under Gopher.

Meaning of Spermophile from wikipedia

- Spermophilus is a genus of ground squirrels in the squirrel family. As traditionally defined the genus was very species-rich, ranging through Europe, Asia...
- leopard ground squirrel, and squinny (formerly known as the leopard-spermophile in the age of Audubon), is a ground squirrel that is widely distributed...
- The European ground squirrel (Spermophilus citellus), also known as the European souslik, is a species from the squirrel family, Sciuridae. It is among...
- endangered CA: endangered BC: Red List Golden-mantled ground squirrel (Spermophile à mante dorée) Callospermophilus lateralis (Say, 1823) Montane coniferous...
- 324–334. doi:10.2307/1375840. JSTOR 1375840. Taylor, W.P. (1916). "A new spermophile from the San Joaquin Valley, California, with notes on Ammospermophilus...
- in Big Bend National Park in Texas. The Prairie Ground Squirrels or Spermophiles of the Mississippi Valley, 1893 Biological Survey of Texas, 1905 A New...