Spermophilus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sciuromorpha
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Sciuromorpha

Familia: Sciuridae
Subfamilia: Xerinae
Tribus: Marmotini
Genus: Spermophilus
Species (18): S. alashanicus – S. brevicauda – S. citellus – S. dauricus – S. erythrogenys – S. fulvus – S. major – S. musicus – S. nilkaensis – S. odessanus – S. pallidicauda – S. pygmaeus – S. ralli – S. relictus – S. selevini – S. suslicus – S. taurensis – S. vorontsovi – S. xanthoprymnus

Name

Spermophilus F. Cuvier, 1825: 255

Type species: Mus citellus Linnaeus, 1766

References

Primary references

Cuvier, F. 1825. Des dents des mammifères, considérées comme caractères zoologiques. F. G. Levrault, Le Normant, Paris, France. 259 pp. BnF Gallica Reference page.

Additional references

Helgen, K.M., Cole, F.R., Helgen, L.E. & Wilson, D.E. 2009. Generic Revision in the Holarctic Ground Squirrel Genus Spermophilus. Journal of Mammalogy 90(2): 270–305. DOI: 10.1644/07-MAMM-A-309.1 JSTOR PDF Reference page.
Simonov, E., Lopatina, N.V., Titov, S.V., Ivanova, A.D., Brandler, O.V., Surin, V.L., Matrosova, V.A., Dvilis, A.E., Oreshkova, N.V., Kapustina, S.Y., Golenishchev, F.N. & Ermakov, O.A. 2024. Traditional multilocus phylogeny fails to fully resolve Palearctic ground squirrels (Spermophilus) relationships but reveals a new species endemic to West Siberia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 195: 108057. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2024.108057 Reference page.

Vernacular names

беларуская: Суслікі
Deutsch: Ziesel
English: Ground squirrel
eesti: Suslik
français: écureuil terrestre
magyar: Ürge
македонски: Стоболки
Nederlands: echte grondeekhoorn
русский: Суслики
svenska: Sislar
Türkçe: Gelengi
українська: Ховрах
中文: 美洲黃鼠屬