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Daurian Ground Squirrel
Spermophilus dauricus Brandt, 1843
Also calledCitello della Dauria (ita) · Daguur Zuram (mon) · Dahur Gelengisi (tur) · Dauri ürge (hun) · Daurische Grondeekhoorn (nld) · Suslik Daurskii (rus) · Zumbaraa Zuram (mon) · mongoliansuslikki (fin) · suseł dauryjski (pol) · sysel daurský (ces) · Даурский суслик (rus) · ダウリアハタリス (jpn) · 達烏爾黃鼠 (zho) · 다우리아땅다람쥐 (kor)
First described in: Bull. Phys. Math. Acad. Sci. St. Petersbourg vol.2 p.379
The Daurian ground squirrel (Spermophilus dauricus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in China, Mongolia, and Russia.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: Subgenus Spermophilus (Gromov et al., 1965: 244). Corbet (1978 c: 83) tentatively included alashanicus in this species, but see Orlov and Davaa (1975) who provided evidence of specific distinctness. See comment under alashanicus. Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951: 506) included dauricus in citellus; but see Gromov et al. (1965: 244) who considered dauricus a distinct species. Molecular sequence data suggest a sister species relationship with xanthoprymnus (Harrison et al., 2003).
Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae
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Type Locality: " ... circa Torei lacum exiccatum Dauuriae et ad Onon Bursa rivum. " Torei-Nor (Lake), Chitinsk. Obl., Russia.
Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae
discussion
COMMENTS: Subgenus Spermophilus (Gromov et al., 1965: 244). Corbet (1978 c: 83) tentatively included alashanicus in this species, but see Orlov and Davaa (1975) who provided evidence of specific distinctness. See comment under alashanicus. Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951: 506) included dauricus in citellus; but see Gromov et al. (1965: 244) who considered dauricus a distinct species.
Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae
materials_examined
TYPE LOCALITY: " ... circa Torei lacum exiccatum Dauuriae et ad Onon Bursa rivum. " ToreiNor (Lake), Chitinsk. Obi., Russia.
Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae
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Description
This small ground squirrel measures between 165 and 270 millimetres long with a short tail about one fifth of its body length. Its weight varies between 165 and 265 grams. The body colour is a buff or grayish-russet with no spotting. The tail is tipped with yellow and has a distinctive dark band immediately anterior to this. There is a pale ring round the eye which extends to the ear. The soles of the fore feet are bare while those of the hind feet are covered with hairs. The coat is short and coarse in summer but longer and softer in the winter.
Range & habitat
The daurian ground squirrel has a wide range in north east China, extending into Mongolia and Transbaikalia region of Russia. There are two subspecies in China, S. d. mongolicus is found in Hebei, Beijing, Tianjin, Henan and Shandong, and S. d. ramosus, found in Jilin, Heilongjiang, Liaoning, eastern Inner Mongolia and Shanxi.
Where it has been recorded
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2437294.