Long-clawed ground squirrel Temporal range: Recent |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Sciuridae |
Subfamily: | Xerinae |
Tribe: | Xerini |
Genus: |
Spermophilopsis Blasius, 1884 |
Species: | S. leptodactylus |
Binomial name | |
Spermophilopsis leptodactylus (Lichtenstein, 1823) |
The long-clawed ground squirrel (Spermophilopsis leptodactylus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is monotypic within the genus Spermophilopsis. It can be found in Afghanistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.