Spermophilus pygmaeus

Spermophilus pygmaeus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sciuromorpha

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Sciuromorpha

Familia: Sciuridae
Subfamilia: Xerinae
Tribus: Marmotini
Genus: Spermophilus
Species: Spermophilus pygmaeus
Subspecies: S. p. brauneri – S. p. herbicolus – S. p. mugosaricus – S. p. musicus – S. p. pygmaeus

Name

Spermophilus pygmaeus (Pallas, 1779)

• Type material: Unknown.
• Type locality: “Maximos & paene dixerim monstrosos Citillos passim ad inferiorum laikum in campis squalidis”.

Combinations

• Mus citillus var. pygmea Pallas, 1779: 122 [original combination]

References

Primary references

• Pallas, P.S. 1778–1779. Novae species quadrupedum e glirium ordine, cum illustrationibus variis complurium ex hoc ordine animalium. Wolfgang Walther: Erlangen. VIII + 388 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Helgen, K.M., Cole, F.R., Helgen, L.E. & Wilson, D.E. 2009. Generic Revision in the Holarctic Ground Squirrel Genus Spermophilus. Journal of Mammalogy 90(2): 270–305. DOI: 10.1644/07-MAMM-A-309.1 JSTOR PDF Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Little Ground Squirrel