Long-clawed ground squirrel: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Long-clawed ground squirrel Spermophilopsis leptodactylus Least concern

Where the long-clawed ground squirrel lives, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 5 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See squirrels, chipmunks & marmots on the world map

Scientific name	Spermophilopsis leptodactylus
Group	Squirrels, chipmunks & marmots
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Sciuridae

Is the long-clawed ground squirrel endangered?

The long-clawed ground squirrel’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the long-clawed ground squirrel?

The long-clawed ground squirrel (Spermophilopsis leptodactylus) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Sciuridae, genus Spermophilopsis. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the long-clawed ground squirrel

The long-clawed ground squirrel (Spermophilopsis leptodactylus) is a squirrel species native to grasslands and deserts in northeastern Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, northwestern Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. It is the only member of the tribe Xerini not native to Africa.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Long-clawed ground squirrel (revision 1381328451), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q199235 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).