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." ToreiNor (Lake), Chitinsk. Obi., Russia .

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

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

COMMENTS: Subgenus Spermophilus (Gromov et al., 1965:244) . Corbet (1978c: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.