Relationships among the Marmotini according to cytochrome b data (Helgen et al., 2009: fig. 2): Genera that were formerly included in Spermophilus are in bold.
Spermophilus is a genus of ground squirrels in the squirrel family.[1] As traditionally defined the genus was very species-rich, ranging through Europe, Asia and North America, but this arrangement was found to be paraphyletic to the certainly distinct prairie dogs, marmots, and antelope squirrels. As a consequence, all the former Spermophilus species of North America have been moved to other genera, leaving the European and Asian species as true Spermophilus (the only exceptions are two Asian Urocitellus).[2]
Some species are sometimes called susliks (or sousliks). This name comes from Russian суслик, suslik.[3] In some languages, a derivative of the name is in common usage, for example suseł in Polish. The scientific name of this genus means "seed-lovers" (gr. σπέρμα sperma, genitive σπέρματος spermatos – seed; φίλος philos – friend, lover).[4]
^Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
^Helgen Kristofer M; et al. (2009). "Generic revision in the Holarctic ground squirrel genus Spermophilus". Journal of Mammalogy. 90 (2): 270–305. doi:10.1644/07-mamm-a-309.1.
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^Palmer, T.S. (1904). "Index Generum Mammalium: a List of the Genera and Families of Mammals". North American Fauna. 23: 639. doi:10.3996/nafa.23.0001. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
the former Spermophilus species of North America have been moved to other genera, leaving the European and Asian species as true Spermophilus (the only...
Formerly placed in Spermophilus, as Spermophilus beecheyi, it was reclassified in Otospermophilus in 2009, as it became clear that Spermophilus as previously...
third synonym, Spermophilus columbianus erythrogluteia, was the animal designated by Richardson in 1829. The second subspecies, Spermophilus columbianus...
(Marmota), including the American groundhog, the chipmunks, the susliks (Spermophilus), and the prairie dogs (Cynomys). They are highly variable in size and...
Kazakh-Chinese border. The closely related species, Spermophilus alashanicus from the Alashan Desert and Spermophilus pallidicauda, found in north east Gansu and...
ground squirrel genus Spermophilus, as a subgenus or species group. Since DNA sequencing of the cytochrome b gene has shown Spermophilus to be paraphyletic...
The European ground squirrel (Spermophilus citellus), also known as the European souslik, is a species from the squirrel family, Sciuridae. It is among...
Patterns of evolution and migration in the arctic ground squirrel, Spermophilus parryii (Richardson). [Internet]. Chicago (ZL) U.S.A.: Department of...
groups is comparable to the genetic differences between Marmota and Spermophilus, so the three genera classifications have been adopted here. Tamias striatus...
of pairs of females during the reproductive season in Spermophilus spilosoma and Spermophilus mexicanus". Behavioural Processes. 37 (2–3): 125–136. doi:10...
synonymous with Spermophilus ralli, whose name was formerly used for the Tian Shan ground squirrel (S. nilkaensis). Cassola, F. (2016). "Spermophilus relictus"...
species of the genus Ictidomys, was classified in the much larger genus Spermophilus, until DNA sequencing of the cytochrome b gene showed that this group...
Squirrels of California P. 667. "Tortoise Tracks". Best, T. L. 1995. Spermophilus mohavensis. Mammalian Species 509:1-7. CDFG Special Animals List, February...
en. Retrieved 12 November 2021. Descriptions of four new species of Spermophilus, in the collections of the Smithsonian Institution. R Kennicott, Proceedings...
October 2022. Recovery plan for the northern Idaho ground squirrel (Spermophilus brunneus brunneus). U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Pacific Region. 2003...
one time the species was originally described as Spermophilus adocetus, but the genus Spermophilus was revised and subdivided in 2009 and it was placed...
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