Spermophilus major

(Pallas, 1779)

Russet 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

Pallas, P.S. 1779. Fasciculus II. Pp. 71–388 in Pallas, P.S. 1778-1779. Novae species quadrupedum e glirium ordine cum illustrationibus variis complurium ex hoc ordine animalium. Wolfgang Walther, Erlangen, 388 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15494953

Original name as described

Mus citillus var. major

Type locality

no type locality given. Restricted by S. I. Ognev in 1963 to "Steppe near Samara [Kuibyshev, Kuibyshevsk. Oblast, Russia]."

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Russia · Kazakhstan

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001776

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Spermophilus major

J. C. Moore, 1959

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

major

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

204

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Moore (1959:204) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6420)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:135) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:369) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Nadler, Hoffmann, Vorontsov, Koeppl, Deutsch & Sukernik (1982:212, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45445875) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67221)
  5. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  6. Helgen, Cole, Helgen & Wilson (2009:288) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6407)
  7. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:811) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20486) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20486) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001776) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20486/22263024) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Spermophilus major major

C. F. Nadler, R. S. Hoffmann, Vorontsov, Koeppl, Deutsch, & Sukernik, 1982

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

major

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

200

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45445863

Authority publication

Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde

Name usages

Nadler, Hoffmann, Vorontsov, Koeppl, Deutsch & Sukernik (1982:200, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45445863) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67221)

Mus citillus var. major

(Pallas, 1779)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

major

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

125

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15494953

Authority publication

Erlangen

Spermophilus rufescens

von Keyserling & J. H. Blasius, 1840

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

rufescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

xii, 42

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15245643 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15245771

Authority publication

Braunschweig

Name usages

  1. Brandt (1844:367, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45978156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67169)
  2. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Citellus major major rassa oecologica argiropuloi

(Bazhanov, 1947)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

argiropuloi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

infrasubspecific

Authority page

130-131

Authority publication

Izvestiya Akademiya Nauk Kazakhskoy SSR

Citellus major argyropuloi

(Vinogradov & Gromov, 1952)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

argyropuloi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

variant

Authority page

122

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

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