| Author: | Pallas, 1778. |
| Citation: | Nova Spec. Quad. Glir. Ord.: 122. |
| Common Name: | Long-tailed Ground Squirrel |
| Type Locality: | "Selenga River valley," [Buryat ASSR, Russia]. |
| Distribution: | E Kazakhstan; S Siberia, Transbaikalia (Russia); N Mongolia; Heilungjiang and Xinjiang (China). |
| Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). |
| Comments: | Subgenus Urocitellus according to Gromov et al. (1965:162), but see Hall (1981:381) who included Urocitellus in subgenus Spermophilus. Formerly included parryii (Hall and Kelson, 1959:343); but see Nadler et al. (1974) and comments under parryii. Chromosomes described by Nadler et al. (1975a). |
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