Taxonomy Profile: Spermophilus pallidicauda (Satunin 1903)

Spermophilus pallidicauda: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
Pallid Ground Squirrel []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Spermophilus pallidicauda: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Mammalia
mammals |
mamífero |
mammifères |
Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Eutheria
Order : Rodentia
rodents |
esquilo |
preá |
rato |
roedor |
rongeurs |
Suborder : Sciuromorpha
squirrels |
Family : Sciuridae
squirrels |
marmots |
chipmunks |
Subfamily : Xerinae
Tribe : Marmotini
Holarctic ground squirrels |
Genus : Spermophilus
old world ground squirrels |
Ground Squirrels |
Species : Spermophilus pallidicauda
Pallid Ground Squirrel |
Spermophilus pallidicauda Direct Children(s):
Spermophilus pallidicauda: References
Expert(s):
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Thorington, Richard W., Jr., and Robert S. Hoffman / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Family Sciuridae
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2
Page(s):
754-818
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Spermophilus pallidicauda
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Helgen, K. M., F. R. Cole, L. E. Helgen, and D. E. Wilson
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2009-04-14 / 2009-04-14
Article/Chapter Title:
Generic revision in the Holarctic ground squirrel genus Spermophilus
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Journal of Mammalogy, vol. 90, no. 2
Page(s):
270-305
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/0022-2372
Notes:
Available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/30224475
Reference for:
Spermophilus pallidicauda
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Thorington, Richard W., Jr., John L. Koprowski, Michael A. Steele, and James F. Whatton
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2012-01-01 / 2012-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Squirrels of the World
Page(s):
vii + 459
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-4214-0469-9/
Notes:
Reference for:
Spermophilus pallidicauda
Spermophilus pallidicauda: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Spermophilus pallidicauda: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Subgenus Spermophilus (Gromov et al., 1965). In addition to constant morphological differences, it also differs in chromosome number and molecular sequence from major and erythrogenys, in which it was previously placed (Corbet, 1978c; Sokolov and Orlov, 1980), having a sister species relationship with alashanicus (Harrison et al., 2003)