Urocitellus undulatus

(Pallas, 1779)

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Formerly Spermophilus undulatus.
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Location:Mongolia, Tov province, Khustain Nuruu (Hustai) National Park 47° 41.633'N 105° 48.842'EDate taken:Sep 19, 2016

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 4726

Taxonomy

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

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/15494955

Original name as described

Mus citillus undulata

Type locality

"Selenga River valley, " Buryat ASSR, Russia.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Russia · Kazakhstan · Mongolia · China

Taxonomy notes

moved to Urocitelus from Spermophilus

Taxonomy notes citation

Helgen, K.M., Cole, F.R., Helgen, L.E. and Wilson, D.E. 2009. Generic revision in the Holarctic ground squirrel genus Spermophilus. Journal of Mammalogy 90(2):270-305. doi:10.1644/07-MAMM-A-309.1

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001796

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.

Total: 36 names and synonyms.

Mus citillus undulata

(Pallas, 1779)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

undulatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

127

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15494955

Authority publication

Erlangen

Name usages

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

Arctomys Citellus undulatus

(J. Wolf, 1808)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

undulatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

484

Authority publication

Nuremberg

Name usages

Wolf (1808:484) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72411)

Arctomys Citillus undulatus

(Goldfuss, 1809)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

undulatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

160

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497994

Authority publication

Erlangen

Name usages

Goldfuss (1809:160, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497994) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)

Arctomys undulatus

(J. B. Fischer, 1829)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

undulatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

347

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

  1. Fischer (1829:347) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  2. Eversmann (1840:35, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44036647) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68659)

Spermophilus undulatus

(Burmeister, 1837)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

undulatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

812

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46858147

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Burmeister (1837:812, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46858147) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72421)
  2. Bonaparte (1845:25, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43573713) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40449)
  3. Hall & Kelson (1959:343) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69357)
  4. Moore (1959:204) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6420)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1980:135) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  6. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:371) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  7. Nadler, Hoffmann, Vorontsov, Koeppl, Deutsch & Sukernik (1982:212, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45445875) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67221)
  8. Van Kolfschoten (1985:50) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68055)
  9. Corbet & Hill (1991:143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  10. Hoffmann, Anderson, Thorington & Heaney (1993:450) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69019)
  11. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  12. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:179) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  13. Smith & Xie (2008:195) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Arctomys altaicus

(Eversmann, 1841)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

altaicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

3

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13552024

Authority publication

Kazan

Name usages

Eversmann (1841:3, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13552024) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69287)

Spermophilus Eversmanni

(J. F. von Brandt, 1841)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

eversmanni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 344

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

43

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44271069

Authority publication

Bulletin Scientifique publié par l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg

Name usages

  1. Brandt (1841:43, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44271069) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69201)
  2. Brandt (1844:373, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45978159) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67169)
  3. Giebel (1855:634, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45548825) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38563)
  4. Schrenck (1859:126, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33479269) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67819)
  5. Radde (1861:679, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11850869) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68932)
  6. Radde (1862:149, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16012627) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68933)
  7. Murray (1866:355, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580351) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  8. Nikol'skiy (1883:175) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67821)
  9. Büchner (1891:157, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37008359) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68987)
  10. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Citillus undulatus

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

undulatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

116

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:116) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Spermophilus Altaicus

(J. E. Gray, 1843)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

altaicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

147

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729852

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Gray (1843:147, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729852) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35530)

Spermophilus jacutensis

(J. F. von Brandt, 1844)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

jacutensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

378

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45978161

Authority publication

Bulletin de la Classe physico-mathématique de l'Académie impériale des sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg

Name usages

Brandt (1844:378, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45978161) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67169)

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