Authority citation: Ménétries, E. 1832. Catalogue raisonné des objets de zoologie recueillis dans un voyage au Caucase et jusqu'aux frontières actuelles de la Perse entrepris par ordre de S. M. l'Empéreur. Académie Impériale des Sciences, Saint Petersburg, 271 pp.
Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41529506
Original name as described: Spermophilus musicus
Nominal names: musicus Ménétries, 1832 | planicola (Satunin, 1908) | typicus (Satunin, 1908) [nomen novum] | brauneri (V. E. Martino & E. V. Martino, 1917) | satunini (Sviridenko, 1922) | pallidus (Orlov & Fenyuk, 1927) [preoccupied] | boehmii (Krasovskiy, 1932) | kalabuchovi (Ognev, 1937) | orlovi (Ellerman, 1940) [nomen novum | preoccupied] | ellermani (W. P. Harris, 1944) [nomen novum] | saturatus (Ognev, 1947) [infrasubspecific | preoccupied] | magistri (Heptner, 1948) [nomen novum] | sviridenkoi (Gromov in Gromov, Bibikov, Kalabukhov, & Meyyer, 1965) | magisteri Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005 [incorrect subsequent spelling | not used as valid]
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Rodentia -- Family: Sciuridae -- Subfamily: Xerinae -- Tribe: Marmotini
Type locality: "Il habite le Caucase sur les montagnes le plus élevées, et non loin des neiges éternelles." Restricted by P. A. Sviridenko in 1927 to "Ush-Kulan," Georgia.
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Russia (RUS) | Ukraine (UKR) | Georgia (GEO)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is listed in MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Least concern
Species-specific notes: has been included under S. pygmaeus, although it has been retained as a distinct species in later publications
Citation: KRYŠTUFEK, B., & Vohralík, V. (2012). Taxonomic revision of the Palaearctic rodents (Rodentia): Sciuridae: Xerinae 1 (Eutamias and Spermophilus). |Wilson D.E., Lacher T.E., Mittermeier R.A. 2016. Handbook of the mammals of the world. Vol. 6. Lagomorphs and Rodents I. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
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