Long-clawed ground squirrel
| Long-clawed ground squirrel | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Subfamily: | Xerinae |
| Tribe: | Xerini |
| Genus: | Spermophilopsis Blasius, 1884 |
| Species: | S. leptodactylus |
| Binomial name | |
| Spermophilopsis leptodactylus (Lichtenstein, 1823) | |
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.