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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER SCIUROMORPHA
--> FAMILY Sciuridae
--> SUBFAMILY Xerinae
--> TRIBE Marmotini
--> GENUS Spermophilus
--> SUBGENUS Spermophilus
SPECIES Spermophilus (Spermophilus) alashanicus
| Author: | Büchner, 1888. | | Citation: | Wiss. Res. Przewalski Cent. Asien Zool., I:(Säugeth.): 11. | | Common Name: | Alashan Ground Squirrel | | Type Locality: | "Southern Ala Shan" [Desert, China] (Ognev, 1963a:150). | | Distribution: | SC Mongolia; Ala Shan and E Nan Shan (N China). | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Subgenus Spermophilus (Gromov et al. 1965:208). Placed by Corbet (1978c) in dauricus; Orlov and Davaa (1975) provided evidence of specific distinctness. Molecular sequence data (Harrison et al., 2003) suggest a sister species relationship with pallidicauda. |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
dilutus (Formozov, 1929)
obscurus Büchner, 1888
siccus (G. M. Allen, 1925)
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