Urocitellus undulatus

(Pallas, 1779)

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

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., & Wilson, D. E. (2009). Generic Revision in the Holarctic Ground Squirrel Genus Spermophilus. Journal of Mammalogy, 90(2), 270-305. http://doi.org/10.1644/07-MAMM-A-309.0

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001796

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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.

Citellus (Urocitellus) eversmanni menzbieri

(Ognev, 1937)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

menzbieri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 18407

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

330

Authority publication

book

Spermophilus eversmanni

(Brandt, 1842)

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 (1844:373, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45978159) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67169)
  2. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Citellus (Urocitellus) undulatus gromovi

(Yerbayeva, 1966)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

gromovi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 50110

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

99

Authority publication

Byulleten' Komissii po Izucheniyu Chvertichnogo Perioda

Citellus undulatus aldanensis

(Gromov in Gromov, Bibikov, Kalabukhov, & Meyyer, 1965)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

aldanensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 50985

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

167

Authority publication

Moscow

Citellus undulatus brevirostris

(Gromov in Gromov, Bibikov, Kalabukhov, & Meyyer, 1965)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

brevirostris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 50987

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

166

Authority publication

Moscow

Citellus eversmanni transbaicalicus

(Obolenskiy, 1927)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

transbaicalicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 53601

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

192

Authority publication

Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences de Leningrad

Citellus eversmanni stramineus

(Obolenskiy, 1927)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

stramineus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 53688

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

192

Authority publication

Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences de Leningrad

Citellus (Urocitellus) eversmanni intercedens

(Ognev, 1937)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

intercedens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-17292

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-17292

Authority page

327

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

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 undulatus

(J. C. Moore, 1959)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

undulatus

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 (1982:371) (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. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:179) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  7. Smith & Xie (2008:195) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Spermophilus undulatus eversmanni

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

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

eversmanni

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

  1. Nadler, Hoffmann, Vorontsov, Koeppl, Deutsch & Sukernik (1982:200, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45445863) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67221)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:195) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Spermophilus undulatus jacutensis

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

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

jacutensis

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

  1. Nadler, Hoffmann, Vorontsov, Koeppl, Deutsch & Sukernik (1982:200, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45445863) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67221)
  2. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Spermophilus undulatus menzbieri

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

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

menzbieri

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

  1. Nadler, Hoffmann, Vorontsov, Koeppl, Deutsch & Sukernik (1982:200, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45445863) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67221)
  2. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  3. Smith & Xie (2008:195) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Spermophilus undulatus undulatus

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

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

undulatus

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

  1. Nadler, Hoffmann, Vorontsov, Koeppl, Deutsch & Sukernik (1982:200, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45445863) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67221)
  2. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Spermophilus undulatus altaica

(Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

altaica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Spermophilus undulatus stramineus

(Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

stramineus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:195) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Spermophilus undulatus transbaikalicus

(Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

transbaikalicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

812

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Thorington & Hoffmann (2005:812) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Spermophilus undulatus altaicus

(A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

altaicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

195

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

Smith & Xie (2008:195) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Urocitellus undulatus eversmanni

K. M. Helgen, Cole, L. E. Helgen, & D. E. Wilson, 2009

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

eversmanni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

298

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Helgen, Cole, Helgen & Wilson (2009:298) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6407)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:799) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Urocitellus undulatus jacutensis

K. M. Helgen, Cole, L. E. Helgen, & D. E. Wilson, 2009

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

jacutensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

298

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Helgen, Cole, Helgen & Wilson (2009:298) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6407)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:799) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Urocitellus undulatus menzbieri

K. M. Helgen, Cole, L. E. Helgen, & D. E. Wilson, 2009

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

menzbieri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

298

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Helgen, Cole, Helgen & Wilson (2009:298) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6407)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:799) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Urocitellus undulatus stramineus

K. M. Helgen, Cole, L. E. Helgen, & D. E. Wilson, 2009

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

stramineus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

298

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Helgen, Cole, Helgen & Wilson (2009:298) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6407)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:799) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Urocitellus undulatus transbaikalicus

K. M. Helgen, Cole, L. E. Helgen, & D. E. Wilson, 2009

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

transbaikalicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

298

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Helgen, Cole, Helgen & Wilson (2009:298) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6407)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:799) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Urocitellus undulatus

K. M. Helgen, Cole, L. E. Helgen, & D. E. Wilson, 2009

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

undulatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

298

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Helgen, Cole, Helgen & Wilson (2009:298) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6407)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:799) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000473) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000473) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001796) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20494/22264197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Urocitellus undulatus undulatus

K. M. Helgen, Cole, L. E. Helgen, & D. E. Wilson, 2009

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

undulatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

298

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Helgen, Cole, Helgen & Wilson (2009:298) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6407)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:799) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

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 altaicus

(Eversmann, 1842)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

altaicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

i

Authority publication

book

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)

Citellus (Urocitellus) eversmanni incertedens

(Rossolimo & Pavlinov, 1979)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

incertedens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

17

Authority publication

Сборник трудов Зоологического музея МГУ

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