Abstract
We characterized 12 polymorphic microsatellite markers for Xerospermophilus mohavensis, the Mohave ground squirrel, in order to contribute to the conservation management of this species. We tested polymorphism in the Cactus Peak population (N = 84) and found that allele number ranged from 4 to 9 with observed and expected heterozygosity ranging from 0.25 to 0.84, respectively. One locus deviated from Hardy–Weinberg expectations. Eleven of the 12 loci are polymorphic in the Mohave ground squirrel’s parapatric sister species, Xerospermophilus tereticaudus, the round-tailed ground squirrel. These loci will be useful in studies of parentage, population genetic structure and interspecific hybridization.
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