Long-clawed Ground Squirrel
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| Long-clawed Ground Squirrel Fossil range: Recent |
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| Spermophilopsis leptodactylus (Lichtenstein, 1823) |
The Long-clawed Ground Squirrel (Spermophilopsis leptodactylus) is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is monotypic within the genus Spermophilopsis. It is found in Afghanistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
[edit] References
- Baillie, J. 1996. Spermophilopsis leptodactylus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.
- Thorington, R. W. Jr. and R. S. Hoffman. 2005. Family Sciuridae. Pp. 754-818 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
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Tree of Life: Spermophilopsis leptodactylus
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