Spermophilus pallidicauda (Satunin, 1903)

Augugliaro, Claudio, Paniccia, Chiara, Janchivlamdan, Choikhand, Monti, Ibra E., Boldbaatar, Turmunkh & Munkhtsog, Bariusha, 2019, Mammal inventory in the Mongolian Gobi, with the southeasternmost documented record of the Snow Leopard, Panthera uncia (Schreber, 1775), in the country, Check List 15 (4), pp. 565-578 : 575-576

Spermophilus pallidicauda (Satunin, 1903)

Records. One Individual was recorded in May, 11 2017 in the monitoring site OS1 – 43°16.030′ N, 106° 39.954’ E – 4:30 pm; Figure 6Q.

Identification. Based on morphometric and qualita- tive characters. It can be distinguished by the Alashan Ground Squirrel ( Spermophilus alashanicus (Büch- ner, 1888)) by its considerably shorter tail (tail <55 mm; Smith et al. 2010). It has reddish spots beneath the eyes ( Smith et al. 2010, Batsaikhan 2014).