Spermophilus (Callospermophilus) saturatus Rhoads 1895 Spermophilus (Callospermophilus) saturatus Rhoads 1895, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 47: 43. Type Locality: "Lake Kichelos [= Keechelus], Kittitas Co., Wash[ingto]n, (elevation 8,000 feet [2,438 m]).". Vernacular Names: Cascade Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel. Distribution: Cascade Mtns of W Washington (USA) and SW British Columbia (Canada). Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: Subgenus Callospermophilus (Hall, 1981:409). Gromov et al. (1965:150) considered Callospermophilus a subgenus of genus Otospermophilus. Reviewed by Trombulak (1988, Mammalian Species No. 322). Molecular sequence data indicate that this species is basal to other Callospermophilus (Harrison et al., 2003).

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 754-818 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 811, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535