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Spermophilus ralli (Tien Shan ground squirrel)

Wikipedia Abstract

Spermophilus ralli is a species of squirrel found in the grasslands of western China, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. A close relative of Spermophilus relictus, it is sometimes considered the same species, and shares the common name Tien Shan ground squirrel.
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  217 grams
Forages - Ground [2]  100 %
Female Maturity [1]  10 months 14 days
Male Maturity [1]  10 months 14 days
Gestation [1]  27 days
Litter Size [1]  6
Litters / Year [1]  1
Maximum Longevity [1]  7 years
Snout to Vent Length [1]  12 inches (30 cm)

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
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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