Spermophilus citellus

Spermophilus citellus

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 citellus
Subspecies: S. c. citellus – S. c. gradojevici – S. c. istricus – S. c. martinoi

Name

Spermophilus citellus (Linnaeus, 1766)

• Type locality: Austria, Bohemia, Polonia. [Restricted to Austria by Miller, 1912:924 ; restricted to Wagram, Austria, by Martino and Martino, 1940:496]

Name

• Mus citellus Linnaeus, 1766:80
• Spermophilus citellus Cuvier, 1825:255 [First use of current name combination]

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1766. Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae. 12th ed. v. 1 (pt 1): 1–532. BHL Reference page.  [p. 80]

Additional references

• Cuvier, F. 1825. Des dents des mammifères, considérées comme caractères zoologiques. F. G. Levrault, Le Normant, Paris, France. 259 pp. BnF Gallica Reference page.  [p. 255]

Links

• Zicha, Ondřej et al. Spermophilus citellus (Linnaeus, 1766) – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).
• Spermophilus citellus – Taxon details on Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
• Spermophilus citellus in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Europäischer Ziesel
English: European Souslik, European Ground Squirrel
español: Ardilla terrestre
français: Souslik d'Europe, spermophile d'Europe
magyar: Közönséges ürge
italiano: Citello comune
Nederlands: Europese grondeekhoorn
polski: Suseł moręgowany
română: Popândău European

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