Long-clawed ground squirrel

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Long-clawed ground squirrel
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
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)

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.

References

^ ^a ^b Molur, S. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Spermophilopsis leptodactylus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T20471A115158585. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T20471A22249018.en. Retrieved 17 March 2022.

Thorington, R. W. Jr. and R. S. Hoffman. 2005. Family Sciuridae. Pp. 754–818 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.

External links

Tree of Life: Spermophilopsis leptodactylus

Extant species of family Sciuridae (subfamily Xerinae)

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Sciuromorpha

Xerini

Atlantoxerus	Barbary ground squirrel (Atlantoxerus getulus)
Spermophilopsis	Long-clawed ground squirrel (Spermophilopsis leptodactylus)
Xerus (African ground squirrels)	Subgenus Euxerus: Striped ground squirrel (Xerus erythropus) Subgenus Geosciurus: Cape ground squirrel (Xerus inauris) Mountain ground squirrel (Xerus princeps) Subgenus Xerus: Unstriped ground squirrel (Xerus rutilus)

Protoxerini

Epixerus	Ebian's palm squirrel (Epixerus ebii)
Funisciurus (African striped squirrels)	Thomas's rope squirrel (Funisciurus anerythrus) Lunda rope squirrel (Funisciurus bayonii) Carruther's mountain squirrel (Funisciurus carruthersi) Congo rope squirrel (Funisciurus congicus) Lady Burton's rope squirrel (Funisciurus isabella) Ribboned rope squirrel (Funisciurus lemniscatus) Red-cheeked rope squirrel (Funisciurus leucogenys) Fire-footed rope squirrel (Funisciurus pyrropus) Kintampo rope squirrel (Funisciurus substriatus)
Heliosciurus (sun squirrels)	Gambian sun squirrel (Heliosciurus gambianus) Mutable sun squirrel (Heliosciurus mutabilis) Small sun squirrel (Heliosciurus punctatus) Red-legged sun squirrel (Heliosciurus rufobrachium) Ruwenzori sun squirrel (Heliosciurus ruwenzorii) Zanj sun squirrel (Heliosciurus undulatus)
Myosciurus	African pygmy squirrel (Myosciurus pumilio)
Paraxerus (African bush squirrels)	Alexander's bush squirrel (Paraxerus alexandri) Boehm's bush squirrel (Paraxerus boehmi) Smith's bush squirrel (Paraxerus cepapi) Cooper's mountain squirrel (Paraxerus cooperi) Striped bush squirrel (Paraxerus flavovittis) African red bush squirrel (Paraxerus lucifer) Ochre bush squirrel (Paraxerus ochraceus) Red bush squirrel (Paraxerus palliatus) Green bush squirrel (Paraxerus poensis) Swynnerton's bush squirrel (Paraxerus vexillarius) Vincent's bush squirrel (Paraxerus vincenti)
Protoxerus (African giant squirrels)	Slender-tailed squirrel (Protoxerus aubinnii) Forest giant squirrel (Protoxerus stangeri)

Marmotini
(ground squirrels)

Large tribe listed separately

Category

Sciuromorpha

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia

†Allomyidae

Aplodontiidae

†Altasciurus
†Ameniscomys
†Ansomys
Aplodontia
†Dakotallomys
†Disallomys
†Ephemeromys
†Haplomys
†Leptoromys
†Liodontia
†Meniscomys
†Niglarodon
†Ninamys
†Oligopetes
†Paracitellus
†Paransomys
†Proansomys
†Prosciurus
†Pseudaplodon
†Sciurodon
†Selenomys
†Sewelleladon
†Tardontia
†Trigonomys

Gliridae

†Bransatoglirinae	Bransatoglis Oligodyromys
Glirinae	Glirulus Glis
Graphiurinae	Graphiurus
Leithiinae	Chaetocauda Dryomys Eliomys †Hypnomys †Leithia Muscardinus Myomimus Selevinia

†Mylagaulidae

Galbreathia
†Mesogaulinae	Mesogaulus
†Mylagaulinae	Alphagaulus Ceratogaulus Hesperogaulus Mylagaulus Notogaulus Pterogaulus Umbogaulus
†Promylagaulinae	Crucimys Promylagaulus Simpligaulus Trilaccogaulus

†Reithroparamyidae

Reithroparamys
Uriscus

Sciuridae

Callosciurinae

Callosciurini	Callosciurus Dremomys Exilisciurus Glyphotes Hyosciurus Lariscus Menetes Nannosciurus Prosciurillus Rhinosciurus Rubrisciurus Sundasciurus Tamiops
Funambulini	Funambulus

†Cedromurinae

Cedromus
Oligospermophilus

Ratufinae

Ratufa

Sciurillinae

Sciurillus

Sciurinae

Pteromyini	Aeretes Aeromys Belomys Biswamoyopterus Eoglaucomys Eupetaurus Glaucomys Hylopetes Iomys †Miopetaurista †Neopetes Petaurillus Petaurista Petinomys †Pliopetaurista Priapomys Pteromys Pteromyscus Trogopterus
Sciurini	†Douglassciurus †Freudenthalia Guerlinguetus Microsciurus †Miosciurus †Plesiosciurus †Protosciurus Rheithrosciurus Sciurus Syntheosciurus

Xerinae

Marmotini	Ammospermophilus †Arctomyoides Callospermophilus Cynomys Eutamias Ictidomys Marmota †Miospermophilus Neotamias Notocitellus †Nototamias Otospermophilus †Paenamarmota †Palaearctomys †Palaeosciurus Poliocitellus †Protospermophilus Sciurotamias †Spermophilinus Spermophilus Tamias Urocitellus Xerospermophilus
Protoxerini	Epixerus Funisciurus Heliosciurus Myosciurus Paraxerus Protoxerus
Xerini	†Aragoxerus Atlantoxerus Euxerus Geosciurus †Heteroxerus Spermophilopsis Xerus

Taxon identifiers
Spermophilopsis leptodactylus	Wikidata: Q199235 Wikispecies: Spermophilopsis leptodactylus ADW: Spermophilopsis_leptodactylus BOLD: 123896 CoL: 4YK9T EoL: 326218 GBIF: 5219655 iNaturalist: 1279923 IRMNG: 10460700 ITIS: 632441 IUCN: 20471 MDD: 1001837 MSW: 12400701 NCBI: 99871 Open Tree of Life: 259084

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