Spermophilus é um gênero de roedores da família Sciuridae, conhecidos vulgarmente por esquilos-do-campo, ou espermófilos. Parecem-se com tâmias mas têm a cauda maior, e vivem em galerias subterrâneas.
Espécies
Spermophilus adocetus (Merriam, 1903) Spermophilus alashanicus Büchner, 1888 Spermophilus annulatus Audubon & Bachman, 1842 Spermophilus armatus Kennicott, 1863 Spermophilus atricapillus Bryant, 1889 Spermophilus beecheyi (Richardson, 1829) Spermophilus beldingi Merriam, 1888 Spermophilus brevicauda Brandt, 1843 Spermophilus brunneus (Howell, 1928) Spermophilus canus Merriam, 1898 Spermophilus citellus (Linnaeus, 1766) Spermophilus columbianus (Ord, 1815) Spermophilus dauricus Brandt, 1843 Spermophilus elegans Kennicott, 1863 Spermophilus erythrogenys Brandt, 1841 Spermophilus franklinii (Sabine, 1822) Spermophilus fulvus (Lichtenstein, 1823) Spermophilus lateralis (Say, 1823) Spermophilus madrensis (Merriam, 1901) Spermophilus major (Pallas, 1778) Spermophilus mexicanus (Erxleben, 1777) Spermophilus mohavensis Merriam, 1889 Spermophilus mollis Kennicott, 1863 Spermophilus musicus Ménétries, 1832 Spermophilus pallidicauda Satunin, 1903 Spermophilus parryii (Richardson, 1825) Spermophilus perotensis Merriam, 1893 Spermophilus pygmaeus (Pallas, 1778) Spermophilus ralli (Kuznetsov, 1948) Spermophilus relictus (Kashkarov, 1923) Spermophilus richardsonii (Sabine, 1822) Spermophilus saturatus (Rhoads, 1895) Spermophilus spilosoma Bennett, 1833 Spermophilus suslicus (Güldenstaedt, 1770) Spermophilus taurensis Gündüz et al., 2007Spermophilus tereticaudus Baird, 1858Spermophilus townsendii Bachman, 1839Spermophilus tridecemlineatus (Mitchill, 1821)Spermophilus undulatus (Pallas, 1778)Spermophilus variegatus (Erxleben, 1777)Spermophilus washingtoni (Howell, 1938)Spermophilus xanthoprymnus (Bennett, 1835)
Referências HOFFMAN, R. S.; THORINGTON, R. W. Family Sciuridae. In: WILSON, D. E.; REEDER, D. M. (Eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. 3. ed. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005. v. 2, p. 754-818. GÜNDÜZ, İ., JAAROLA, M., TEZ, C., YENIYURT, C., POLLY, P.D., SEARLE, J.B. (2007). Multigenic and morphometric differentiation of ground squirrels (Spermophilus, Sciuridae, Rodentia) in Turkey, with a description of a new species. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution'' 43, 916-935.
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