Spermophilus suslicus
(von Güldenstädt, 1770)
Speckled Ground Squirrel
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Sciuromorpha |
| Family | : Sciuridae |
| Subfamily | : Xerinae |
| Tribe | : Marmotini |
| Genus | : Spermophilus |
| Subgenus | : Spermophilus |
Species status
Authority citation
Güldenstädt, J.A. von. 1770. Mus suslica. Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae 14(1):389-402.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36914290Original name as described
Mus suslica
Other common names
Spotted Souslik
Type material
untraced (number not known)
Type kind
nonexistent
Type locality
"in campis vastissimus tanaicensibus precipue urbes et Tambov, " Voronezh area, Voronezh Oblast, Russia.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
Ukraine · Russia
Taxonomy notes
previously included S. odessanus
Taxonomy notes citation
Simonov, E., Lopatina, N.V., Titov, S.V., Ivanova, A.D., Brandler, O.V., Surin, V.L., Matrosova, V.A., Dvilis, A.E., Oreshkova, N.V., Kapustina, S.Yu., Golenishchev, F.N. and 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 195:108057. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2024.108057
IUCN Red List status
Critically Endangered
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