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Spermophilopsis leptodactylus (Lichtenstein, 1823). Naturh. Abh. Eversmann's Reise, p. 119. TYPE LOCALITY: "Vicinity of Kara Ata, 140 km northwest of the Old Town of Bukhara" [Uzbekistan] (Ognev, 1966:394). DISTRIBUTION: SE Kazakstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, W Tadzhikistan, NE Iran, NW Afghanistan. SYNONYMS: bactrianus (Scully, 1888); heptopotamicus Heptner and Ismagilov, 1952; schumakovi (Satunin, 1908); turcomanus (Eichwald, 1834). COMMENTS: Related to African xerine squirrels (Atlantoxerus and Xerus) (Nadler et al., 1969; Nadler and Hoffmann, 1974).

Published as part of Robert S. Hoffmann & Charles G. Anderson, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 419-465 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 444, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353130