HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER SCIUROMORPHA
--> FAMILY Sciuridae
--> SUBFAMILY Xerinae
--> TRIBE Xerini
--> GENUS Spermophilopsis
SPECIES Spermophilopsis leptodactylus
Author: | Lichtenstein, 1823. | Citation: | Naturh. Abh. Eversmann's Reise: 119. | Common Name: | Long-clawed Ground Squirrel | Type Locality: | "Vicinity of Kara Ata, 140 km northwest of the Old Town of Bukhara" [Uzbekistan] (Ognev, 1966:394). | Distribution: | SE Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, W Tajikistan, NE Iran, NW Afghanistan. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Related to African xerine squirrels (Atlantoxerus and Xerus) (Nadler and Hoffmann, 1974; Nadler et al., 1969). |
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