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References

• 1. IUCN Red List (April, 2008) http://www.iucnredlist.org/
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• 3. Nowak, R.M. (1999) Walker's Mammals of the World. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland.
• 4. World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (November, 2008) http://www.waza.org/virtualzoo
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• 6. Koshev, Y.S. (2005) Conservation of the European souslik - a step towards the prosperity of its native predators and preferred habitats. The Whitley Laing Foundation for International Nature Conservation/Rufford Small Grant programme, UK. Available at http://www.ruffordsmallgrants.org/files/Koshev%20repot.pdf
• 7. EU Habitats Directive (November, 2008) http://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/nature_conservation/eu_nature_legislation/habitats_directive/index_en.htm
• Caspers, T. 1997. http://www.hermes.de/westernimprints/data/wildlife/facts/groundsquirrelfacts.html.
• Emanoil, M. 1994. Encyclopedia of Endangered Species. Gale Research Inc., Detroit.
• Newey, S. 1995. http://www.bangor.ac.uk/~bss035/comett/wwscot.htm.
• Nowak, R. 1991. Walker's Mammals of the World. Fifth Edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore & London.
• Parker, S. 1990. Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals. McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, New York.
• Richard Weigl (2005) Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World. Kleine Senckenberg-Reihe 48: Stuttgart.
• Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 1993. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207
• Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole. 2000. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204