Spermophilus alashanicus Büchner, 1888 . Wiss. Res. Przewalski Cent. Asien Zool. I:(Säugeth.):11.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Southern Ala Shan" [Desert, China]. (Ognev, 1963a:150) .

DISTRIBUTION: SC Mongolia; Ala Shan and E Nan Shan (N China).

SYNONYMS: dilutus (Formozov, 1929); obscurus Büchner, 1888 (has page priority over alashanicus); siccus (G. Allen, 1925).

COMMENTS: Subgenus Spermophilus (Gromov et al. 1965:208) . Placed by Corbet (1978c) in dauricus; Orlov and Davaa (1975) provided evidence of specific distinctness.