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--> GENUS Spermophilus
--> SUBGENUS Spermophilus
SPECIES Spermophilus (Spermophilus) dauricus
| Author: | Brandt, 1843. | | Citation: | Bull. Phys. Math. Acad. Sci. St. Petersbourg, 2: 379. | | Common Name: | Daurian Ground Squirrel | | Type Locality: | "...circa Torei lacum exiccatum Dauuriae et ad Onon Bursa rivum." Torei-Nor (Lake), Chitinsk. Obl., Russia. | | Distribution: | Transbaikalia (Russia), Mongolia, N China. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Subgenus Spermophilus (Gromov et al., 1965:244). Corbet (1978c:83) tentatively included alashanicus in this species, but see Orlov and Davaa (1975) who provided evidence of specific distinctness. See comment under alashanicus. Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951:506) included dauricus in citellus; but see Gromov et al. (1965:244) who considered dauricus a distinct species. Molecular sequence data suggest a sister species relationship with xanthoprymnus (Harrison et al., 2003). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
mongolicus (Milne-Edwards, 1867)
ramosus (Thomas, 1909)
umbratus (Thomas, 1908)
yamashinae (Kuroda, 1939)
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