Russet Ground Squirrel

Taxobox
name = Russet Ground Squirrel


status = LR/nt | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Sciuridae
genus = "Spermophilus"
species = "S. major"
binomial = "Spermophilus major"
binomial_authority = (Pallas, 1778)
synonyms = The Russet Ground Squirrel ("Spermophilus major") is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is found in Kazakhstan and Russia. Its natural habitat is temperate grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

ource

* Baillie, J. 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/20486/all Spermophilus major] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 30 July 2007.