Speckled Ground Squirrel

Taxobox
name = Speckled Ground Squirrel


status = VU | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Sciuridae
genus = "Spermophilus"
species = "S. suslicus"
binomial = "Spermophilus suslicus"
binomial_authority = (Güldenstädt, 1770)
synonyms = The Speckled Ground Squirrel or Spotted Souslik ("Spermophilus suslicus") is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is found in Poland, Romania, Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. Its natural habitat is temperate grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

ource

* Amori, G. 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/20492/all Spermophilus suslicus] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 30 July 2007.