Spermophilus (Spermophilus) dauricus Brandt 1843

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 754-818 : 806

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scientific name	Spermophilus (Spermophilus) dauricus Brandt 1843
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Spermophilus (Spermophilus) dauricus Brandt 1843 , Bull. Phys. Math. Acad. Sci. St. Petersbourg, 2: 379.

Type Locality: "...circa Torei lacum exiccatum Dauuriae et ad Onon Bursa rivum." Torei-Nor (Lake), Chitinsk. Obl., Russia.

Vernacular Names: Daurian Ground Squirrel.

Synonyms: Spermophilus (Spermophilus) mongolicus ( Milne-Edwards 1867) ; Spermophilus (Spermophilus) ramosus (Thomas 1909) ; Spermophilus (Spermophilus) umbratus (Thomas 1908) ; Spermophilus (Spermophilus) yamashinae (Kuroda 1939) .

Distribution: Transbaikalia ( Russia), Mongolia, N China.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Spermophilus ( Gromov et al., 1965:244) . Corbet (1978 c:83) tentatively included alashanicus in this species, but see Orlov and Davaa (1975) who provided evidence of specific distinctness. See comment under alashanicus . Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951:506) included dauricus in citellus ; but see Gromov et al. (1965:244) who considered dauricus a distinct species. Molecular sequence data suggest a sister species relationship with xanthoprymnus ( Harrison et al., 2003) .