Spermophilus (Spermophilus) alashanicus Büchner 1888

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 : 804

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

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

Vernacular Names: Alashan Ground Squirrel.

Synonyms: Spermophilus (Spermophilus) dilutus (Formozov 1929) ; Spermophilus (Spermophilus) obscurus Büchner 1888 ; Spermophilus (Spermophilus) siccus (G. M. Allen 1925) .

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

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Spermophilus ( Gromov et al. 1965:208) . Placed by Corbet (1978 c) in dauricus ; Orlov and Davaa (1975) provided evidence of specific distinctness. Molecular sequence data ( Harrison et al., 2003) suggest a sister species relationship with pallidicauda .