Spermophilus vorontsovi
Ermakov, Simonov, & Lopatina in Simonov, Lopatina, Titov, A. D. Ivanova, Brandler, Surin, Matrosova, Dvilis, Oreshkova, Kapustina, Golenishchev, & Ermakov, 2024
Vorontsov'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
Authority 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. 2024-06. 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.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2024.108057Original name as described
Spermophilus vorontsovi
Type material
SZM N 18828
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Near Konevo village (54.84°N 84.73°E, 190 m above sea level), Toguchinskiy District, Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia."
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
Russia
Taxonomy notes
recently described based on populations previously attributed to S. erythrogenys
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
Not Evaluated
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