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Spermophilopsis leptodactylus
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Spermophilopsis leptodactylus (Lichtenstein, 1823). Naturh. Abh. Eversmann's Reise, p. 119.
TYPE LOCALITY: "Vicinity of Kara Ata, 140 km northwest of the Old Town of Bukhara" [Uzbekistan] (Ognev, 1966:394).
DISTRIBUTION: SE Kazakstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, W Tadzhikistan, NE Iran, NW Afghanistan.
SYNONYMS: bactrianus (Scully, 1888); heptopotamicus Heptner and Ismagilov, 1952; schumakovi (Satunin, 1908); turcomanus (Eichwald, 1834).
COMMENTS: Related to African xerine squirrels (Atlantoxerus and Xerus) (Nadler et al., 1969; Nadler and Hoffmann, 1974).
Notes
Published as part of Robert S. Hoffmann & Charles G. Anderson, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 419-465 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 444, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353130
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- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7353130 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFD6F970FF94FFA5CB40AC773518FF86 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Lichtenstein
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Sciuridae
- Genus
- Spermophilopsis
- Species
- leptodactylus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Spermophilopsis leptodactylus (Lichtenstein, 1823) sec. Hoffmann & Anderson, 1993
References
- Ognev, S. I. 1966. Mammals of the USSR and adjacent countries: Rodents (Mammals of eastern Europe and northern Asia) [A translation of S. I. Ognev, 1940, Zveri SSSR i prilezhashchikh stran: Gryzuny. (Zveri vostochnoi Evropy i severnoi Asii)]. Israel Program for Scientific Translations, Jerusalem, 4: 1 - 429 + 61 tables.
- Nadler, C. F., D. M. Lay, and J. D. Hassinger. 1969. Chromosomes of three asian mammals: Meriones meridianus (Rodentia: Gerbillinae), Spermophilopsis leptodactylus (Rodentia: Sciuridae), Ochotona rufescens (Lagomorpha: Ochotonidae). Experientia, 25: 774 - 775.
- Nadler, C. F., and R. S. Hoffmann. 1974. Chromosomes of the African ground squirrel, Xerus rutilus. Experientia, 30: 889 - 890.