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Long-clawed Ground Squirrel
Spermophilopsis leptodactylus (Lichtenstein, 1823)
Also calledAfghaanse Grondeekhoorn (nld) · Kloekorn (nob) · Scoiattolo terricolo dai lunghi artigli (ita) · Xero dai lunghi artigli (ita) · Zieselmaus (deu) · kynsiorava (fin) · susłowiec szponiasty (pol) · sysel dlouhoprstý (ces) · Земляная среднеазиатская белка (rus) · Тараққұйрык (kaz) · Тараққұйрык, сарышұнақ (kaz) · Тонкопалый суслик (rus) · سنجاب الأرض طويل المخالب (ara) · ツメナガハタリス (jpn)
First described in: Naturh. Abh. Eversmann's Reise p.119
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
child_taxa
Subspecies:: Subspecies Spermophilopsis leptodactylus subsp. leptodactylus Lichtenstein 1823 Subspecies Spermophilopsis leptodactylus subsp. bactrianus Scully 1888 Subspecies Spermophilopsis leptodactylus subsp. heptopotamicus Heptner and Ismagilov 1952
Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae
discussion
Discussion: Related to African xerine squirrels (Atlantoxerus and Xerus) (Nadler and Hoffmann, 1974; Nadler et al., 1969).
Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae
distribution
Distribution: SE Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, W Tajikistan, NE Iran, NW Afghanistan.
Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae
materials_examined
Type Locality: " Vicinity of Kara Ata, 140 km northwest of the Old Town of Bukhara " [Uzbekistan] (Ognev, 1966: 394).
Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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In the stacks
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5219655.