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Definition of Citellus parryi
1. Noun. Large ground squirrel of the North American far north.
Generic synonyms: Gopher, Ground Squirrel, Spermophile
Lexicographical Neighbors of Citellus Parryi
Literary usage of Citellus parryi
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington (1904)
"... representing the form which will now be known as Citellus parryi, as in the
absence of specimens from other localities this was the only safe course. ..."
2. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1903)
"... Siberia finds its nearest ally in the Citellus parryi group of arctic and
subarctic America, and not in C. eversmanni of the interior of Siberia. ..."
3. The Friendly Arctic: The Story of Five Years in Polar Regions by Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1921)
"Similarly, I had myself on a previous expedition mistaken a marmot (citellus
parryi) for a grizzly bear. From what I had already seen my mind was made up ..."
4. Through the Mackenzie Basin: A Narrative of the Athabasca and Peace River by Charles Mair, Roderick Ross MacFarlane (1908)
"... —Citellus parryi (Richardson). Abundant in the Barren Grounds, on the Arctic
coast, and in the vicinity of many of the rivers and lakes of the far-north ..."
5. Universitets- og skole-annaler by Universitetet i Oslo, Norway Kirke- og undervisningsdepartementet (1908)
"Av pattedyr findes 14 arter, hvorav flere nye for samlingen (saasom Rangifer
arcticus, Citellus parryi og Mustela boria). En større samling fugler væsentlig ..."
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