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Species of rodent From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The long-clawed ground squirrel (Spermophilopsis leptodactylus) is a squirrel species native to grasslands and deserts in northeastern Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, northwestern Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.[1] It is the only member of the tribe Xerini not native to Africa.
Long-clawed ground squirrel | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Sciuridae |
Subfamily: | Xerinae |
Tribe: | Xerini |
Genus: | Spermophilopsis Blasius, 1884 |
Species: | S. leptodactylus |
Binomial name | |
Spermophilopsis leptodactylus (Lichtenstein, 1823) | |
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