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Spermophilopsis

Long-clawed ground squirrel
Temporal range: Recent
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.



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