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Spermophilus (Spermophilus) pallidicauda Satunin 1903

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Spermophilus (Spermophilus) pallidicauda Satunin 1903

Spermophilus (Spermophilus) pallidicauda Satunin 1903, Ezhegodnik Zoologicheskii Muzeya, Akademii Nauk, St. Petersburg, 7: 5-6.

Type Locality: "vicinity of Lake Khulu-Nur", Ullyn Bulyk, Baidarak river, Mongolian Atlai. Mongolia, Gobi Altai.

Vernacular Names: Pallid Ground Squirrel.

Distribution: This monotypic species is endemic to Mongolia and the adjacent Nei Mongol Autonomous Region (Inner Mongolia).

Discussion: Subgenus Spermophilus (Gromov et al., 1965). In addition to constant morphological differences, it also differs in chromosome number and molecular sequence from major and erythrogenys, in which it was previously placed (Corbet, 1978 c; Sokolov and Orlov, 1980), having a sister species relationship with alashanicus (Harrison et al., 2003).

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 809, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

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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).
  • Corbet, G. B. 1978 c. The mammals of the Palaearctic region: A taxonomic review. British Museum (Natural History), London, 314 pp.
  • Sokolov, V. E., and V. N. Orlov. 1980. Opredelitel' mlekopitayushchickh Mongol'skoi Narodnoi Respubliki [Guide to the mammals of the Mongolian People's Republic]. Nauka, Moscow, 351 pp. (in Russian).
  • Harrison, R. G., S. M. Bogdanowicz, R. S. Hoffmann, E. Yensen, and P. W. Sherman. 2003. Phylogeny and evolutionary history of the ground squirrels (Rodentia, Marmotinae). Journal of Molecular Evolution, 10 (3): 249 - 276.