Spermophilus brevicauda

J. F. von Brandt, 1843

Brandt's Ground Squirrel

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciuromorpha
Family : Sciuridae
Subfamily : Xerinae
Tribe : Marmotini
Genus : Spermophilus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Brandt, J.F. von. 1843-04-24. Note sur une nouvelle espèce de Souslik (_Spermophilus brevicauda_). Bulletin de la Classe physico-mathématique de l'Académie impériale des sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg 1(23):364.

Original name as described

Spermophilus brevicauda

Type locality

"Habitat, ut videtur, in provinciis Altaicis australioribus versus lacum Balchasch."

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Kazakhstan · Kyrgyzstan · Mongolia · China

Taxonomy notes

previously included S. selevini

Taxonomy notes citation

Simonov, E., Lopatina, N. V., Titov, S. V., Ivanova, A. D., Brandler, O. V., Surin, V. L., ... & Ermakov, O. A. (2024). Traditional multilocus phylogeny fails to fully resolve Palearctic ground squirrels (Spermophilus) relationships but reveals a new species endemic to West Siberia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 108057.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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