Animalia > Chordata > Mammalia > Rodentia > Sciuridae > Spermophilus

Spermophilus (ground squirrels and rock squirrels)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Spermophilus is a genus of ground squirrels in the family Sciuridae. The majority of ground squirrel species, over 40 in total, are usually placed in this genus. However, Spermophilus in the broad sense has been found to be paraphyletic to the certainly distinct prairie dogs, marmots, and antelope squirrels, so it has been split into several genera by Kristofer Helgen and colleagues.
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Species

Citellus cochisei
Citellus cragini
Citellus dotti
Citellus finlayensis
Citellus fricki
Citellus howelli
Citellus matachicensis
Citellus matthewi
Citellus mcgheei
Citellus mckayensis
Citellus meadensis
Citellus primitivus
Citellus rexroadensis
Citellus ridgwayi
Citellus shotwelli
Citellus taylori
Citellus tuitus
Citellus wilsoni
Spermophilus alashanicus (Alashan ground squirrel) (Attributes)
Spermophilus boothi
Spermophilus brevicauda (Brandt's Ground Squirrel) (Attributes)
Spermophilus citellus (European ground squirrel) (Endangered) (Attributes)
Spermophilus cyanocittus
Spermophilus dauricus (Daurian ground squirrel) (Attributes)
Spermophilus erythrogenys (red-cheeked ground squirrel) (Attributes)
Spermophilus fulvus (yellow ground squirrel) (Attributes)
Spermophilus jerae
Spermophilus johnstoni
Spermophilus lorisrusselli
Spermophilus major (russet ground squirrel) (Attributes)
Spermophilus meltoni
Spermophilus musicus (Caucasian mountain ground squirrel) (Attributes)
Spermophilus nilkaensis
Spermophilus pallidicauda (pallid ground squirrel) (Attributes)
Spermophilus pygmaeus (little ground squirrel) (Attributes)
Spermophilus ralli (Tien Shan ground squirrel) (Attributes)
Spermophilus relictus (Tien Shan ground squirrel) (Attributes)
Spermophilus russelli
Spermophilus superciliosus
Spermophilus suslicus (speckled ground squirrel) (Attributes)
Spermophilus taurensis (Taurus ground squirrel)
Spermophilus torosensis
Spermophilus wellingtonensis
Spermophilus xanthoprymnus (Asia Minor ground squirrel) (Attributes)

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0