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Long-clawed ground squirrel

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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

  1. ^ 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.

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Long-clawed ground squirrel: Brief Summary

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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. It is the only member of the tribe Xerini not native to Africa.

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