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Spermophilopsis Blasius 1884

Description

Spermophilopsis Blasius 1884

Spermophilopsis Blasius 1884, Tageblatt. Versamml. Deutsch. Naturf. Magdeburg, 57: 325.

Type Species: Arctomys leptodactylus Lichtenstein 1823

Species and subspecies: 1 species with 3 subspecies:

Species Spermophilopsis leptodactylus (Lichtenstein 1823)

Subspecies Spermophilopsis leptodactylus subsp. leptodactylus Lichtenstein 1823

Subspecies Spermophilopsis leptodactylus subsp. bactrianus Scully 1888

Subspecies Spermophilopsis leptodactylus subsp. heptopotamicus Heptner and Ismagilov 1952

Discussion: Placed in Subfamily Xerinae by Gromov et al. (1965:70), but in tribe Xerini by Moore (1959).

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 754-818 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 789, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Blasius
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Rodentia
Family
Sciuridae
Genus
Spermophilopsis
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Spermophilopsis Blasius, 1884 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Gromov, I. M., D. I. Bibikov, N. I. Kalabukhov, and M. N. N. Meier. 1965. Fauna SSSR, Mlekopitayushchie, tom. 3, vyp. 2 [Fauna of the U. S. S. R. Mammals. vol. 3, No. 2]. Nazemnye belich'e [Ground Squirrels]. Nauka, Moscow-Leningrad, 467 pp. (in Russian).
  • Moore, J. C. 1959. Relationships among the living squirrels of the Sciurinae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 118 (4): 157 - 206.