Authority citation: Güldenstädt, J.A. von. 1770. Mus suslica. Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae 14(1):389-402.
Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36914290
Original name as described: Mus suslica
Nominal names: guttatus (Pallas, 1770) | suslicus (von Güldenstädt, 1770) | leucopictus (Donndorff, 1792) [nomen novum] | guttulatus H. R. Schinz, 1845 [nomen novum] | averini (Migulin, 1927) | souslicus Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980 [incorrect subsequent spelling]
Other common names: Spotted Souslik
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Rodentia -- Family: Sciuridae -- Subfamily: Xerinae -- Tribe: Marmotini
Type locality: "in campis vastissimus tanaicensibus precipue urbes et Tambov," Voronezh area, Voronezh Oblast, Russia.
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Ukraine (UKR) | Russia (RUS)
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: Near threatened
Species-specific notes: previously included S. odessanus
Citation: Simonov, E., Lopatina, N. V., Titov, S. V., Ivanova, A. D., Brandler, O. V., Surin, V. L., ... & Ermakov, O. A. (2024). Traditional multilocus phylogeny fails to fully resolve Palearctic ground squirrels (Spermophilus) relationships but reveals a new species endemic to West Siberia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 108057.
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