Long-clawed Ground Squirrel

Spermophilopsis leptodactyla

Classification

Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae

The long-clawed ground squirrel (Spermophilopsis leptodactylus) is a squirrel species native to grasslands and deserts in northeastern Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, northwestern Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. It is the only member of the tribe Xerini not native to Africa. References Thorington, R.

Distribution

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Sources and credits

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Long-clawed Ground Squirrel

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