The San Joaquin antelope squirrel or Nelson's antelope squirrel (Ammospermophilus nelsoni), is a species of antelope squirrel, in the San Joaquin Valley of the U.S. state of California.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Nelson's Antelope Squirrel being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Ammospermophilus leucurus
- Xerospermophilus tereticaudus
- Xerospermophilus spilosoma
- Geosciurus inauris
- Spermophilus xanthoprymnus
- Ammospermophilus interpres
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Sciuridae
- Genus
- Ammospermophilus
- Species
- Ammospermophilus nelsoni
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