Spermophilus (Spermophilus) pallidicauda Satunin 1903

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 : 809

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scientific name	Spermophilus (Spermophilus) pallidicauda Satunin 1903
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Spermophilus (Spermophilus) pallidicauda Satunin 1903 , Ezhegodnik Zoologicheskii Muzeya, Akademii Nauk, St. Petersburg, 7: 5-6.

Type Locality: "vicinity of Lake Khulu-Nur", Ullyn Bulyk, Baidarak river, Mongolian Atlai. Mongolia, Gobi Altai.

Vernacular Names: Pallid Ground Squirrel.

Distribution: This monotypic species is endemic to Mongolia and the adjacent Nei Mongol Autonomous Region (Inner Mongolia).

Discussion: 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, 1978 c; Sokolov and Orlov, 1980), having a sister species relationship with alashanicus ( Harrison et al., 2003) .