Alashan ground squirrel

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Alashan ground squirrel
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Sciuridae
Genus:	Spermophilus
Species:	S. alashanicus
Binomial name
*Spermophilus alashanicus* (Büchner, 1888)

The Alashan ground squirrel (Spermophilus alashanicus) is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is found in China and Mongolia.

References

^ Shar, S., Lkhagvasuren, D. & Smith, A. T. (2008). Spermophilus alashanicus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 8 January 2009.

v d e Living species of tribe Marmotini (ground squirrels)

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Suborder: Sciuromorpha Family: Sciuridae Subfamily: Xerinae

Ammospermophilus (antelope squirrels)	Harris's antelope squirrel (A. harrisii) Espíritu Santo antelope squirrel (A. insularis) Texas antelope squirrel (A. interpres) White-tailed antelope squirrel (A. leucurus) San Joaquin antelope squirrel (A. nelsoni)

Callospermophilus (golden-mantled ground squirrels)	Golden-mantled ground squirrel (C. lateralis) Sierra Madre ground squirrel (C. madrensis) Cascade golden-mantled ground squirrel (C. saturatus)

Cynomys (prairie dogs)	Gunnison's prairie dog (C. gunnisoni) White-tailed prairie dog (C. leucurus) Black-tailed prairie dog (C. ludovicianus) Mexican prairie dog (C. mexicanus) Utah prairie dog (C. parvidens)

Eutamias	Siberian chipmunk (E. sibiricus)

Ictidomys (little ground squirrels)	Mexican ground squirrel (I. mexicanus) I. parvidens Thirteen-lined ground squirrel (I. tridecemlineatus)

Marmota (marmots)	Subgenus Marmota: Gray marmot (M. baibacina) Bobak marmot (M. bobak) Alaska marmot (M. broweri) Black-capped marmot (M. camtschatica) Long-tailed marmot (M. caudata) Himalayan marmot (M. himalayana) Alpine marmot (M. marmota) Menzbier's marmot (M. menzbieri) Groundhog or woodchuck (M. monax) Tarbagan marmot (M. sibirica) Subgenus Petromarmota: Hoary marmot (M. caligata) Yellow-bellied marmot (M. flaviventris) Olympic marmot (M. olympus) Vancouver Island marmot (M. vancouverensis)

Neotamias (western chipmunks)	Alpine chipmunk (N. alpinus) Yellow-pine chipmunk (N. amoenus) Buller's chipmunk (N. bulleri) Gray-footed chipmunk (N. canipes) Gray-collared chipmunk (N. cinereicollis) Cliff chipmunk (N. dorsalis) Durango chipmunk (N. durangae) Merriam's chipmunk (N. merriami) Least chipmunk (N. minimus) California chipmunk (N. obscurus) Yellow-cheeked chipmunk (N. ochrogenys) Palmer's chipmunk (N. palmeri) Panamint chipmunk (N. panamintinus) Long-eared chipmunk (N. quadrimaculatus) Colorado chipmunk (N. quadrivittatus) Red-tailed chipmunk (N. ruficaudus) Hopi chipmunk (N. rufus) Allen's chipmunk (N. senex) Siskiyou chipmunk (N. siskiyou) Sonoma chipmunk (N. sonomae) Lodgepole chipmunk (N. speciosus) Townsend's chipmunk (N. townsendii) Uinta chipmunk (N. umbrinus)

Notocitellus	Tropical ground squirrel (N. adocetus) Ring-tailed ground squirrel (N. annulatus)

Otospermophilus (rock squirrels)	Baja California rock squirrel (O. atricapillus) California ground squirrel (O. beecheyi) Rock squirrel (O. variegatus)

Poliocitellus	Franklin's ground squirrel (P. franklinii)

Sciurotamias (Asian rock squirrels)	Pére David's rock squirrel (S. davidianus) Forrest's rock squirrel (S. forresti)

Spermophilus sensu stricto (Old World ground squirrels)	Alashan ground squirrel (S. alashanicus) S. brevicauda European ground squirrel (S. citellus) Daurian ground squirrel (S. dauricus) Red-cheeked ground squirrel (S. erythrogenys) Yellow ground squirrel (S. fulvus) Russet ground squirrel (S. major) S. pallicauda Little ground squirrel (S. pygmaeus) S. ralli S. relictus Speckled ground squirrel (Spermophilus suslicus) Taurus ground squirrel (Spermophilus taurensis) Asia Minor ground squirrel (Spermophilus xanthoprymnus)

Tamias	Eastern chipmunk (T. striatus)

Urocitellus (Holarctic ground squirrels)	Uinta ground squirrel (U. armatus) Belding's ground squirrel (U. beldingi) Idaho ground squirrel (U. brunneus) Merriam's ground squirrel (U. canus) Columbian ground squirrel (U. columbianus) Wyoming ground squirrel (U. elegans) Piute ground squirrel (U. mollis) Arctic ground squirrel (U. parryii) Richardson's ground squirrel (U. richardsonii) Townsend's ground squirrel (U. townsendii) Washington ground squirrel (U. washingtoni) Long-tailed ground squirrel (U. undulatus)

Xerospermophilus (pygmy ground squirrels)	Mohave ground squirrel (X. mohavensis) Perote ground squirrel (X. perotensis) Spotted ground squirrel (X. spilosoma) Round-tailed ground squirrel (X. tereticaudus)

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