Common Names
Common Names in English:
Brandt's Ground Squirrel
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [1].
Ecology:
There are few data
regarding this species, but it is thought to occupy
dry steppes
and semi-desert brushlands
(Smith and Xie 2008). It is
a burrow-dwelling species, in which it will hibernate if temperatures
are low enough or retreat to if it is too hot (Smith and Xie 2008).
Burrows are generally located at the base
of shrubs
(Smith and Xie
2008).
It is primarily vegetarian, feeding opportunistically
on seasonal vegetation (Smith and Xie 2008).[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 3 Shrubland
- 3.4 Shrubland - Temperate
- 4 Grassland
- 4.4 Grassland - Temperate [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible et al., 1995) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (McKenna, 1975) McKenna, in Stucky & McKenna, in Benton, ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
()
- (Szalay & McKenna, 1971) McKenna, 1975
- Mirorder:
Simplicidentata
()
- (Weber, 1904) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Order:
Rodentia
()
- Bowdich, 1821
- Rodents
- Suborder:
Sciuromorpha
()
- Brandt, 1855
- Infraorder:
Sciurida
()
- (Carus, 1868) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Family:
Sciuridae
()
- (Fischer de Waldheim, 1817) Gray, 1821
- Subfamily:
Sciurinae
()
- Tribe:
Marmotini
()
- Subtribe:
Spermophilina
()
- Genus:
Spermophilus
()
- F. Cuvier, 1825
- Specific name:
brevicauda
- Brandt, 1843
- Scientific name: - Spermophilus brevicauda Brandt, 1843
- Specific name:
brevicauda
- Brandt, 1843
- Genus:
Spermophilus
(
- Subtribe:
Spermophilina
(
- Tribe:
Marmotini
(
- Subfamily:
Sciurinae
(
- Family:
Sciuridae
(
- Infraorder:
Sciurida
(
- Suborder:
Sciuromorpha
(
- Order:
Rodentia
(
- Mirorder:
Simplicidentata
(
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Previously considered a subspecies of S. erythrogenys, but recently elevated to species status (Harrison et al. 2003). Specimens in Xinjiang attributed to S. major are most likely brevicauda (Smith and Xie 2008).[1].
Similar Species
Members of the genus Spermophilus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 69 species and subspecies in this genus:
S. adocetus (Tropical Ground Squirrel) · S. adocetus adocetus (Tropical Ground Squirrel) · S. alashanicus (Alashan Ground Squirrel) · S. annulatus (Ring-Tailed Ground Squirrel) · S. armatus (Uinita Ground Squirrel) · S. atricapillus (Baja California Rock Squirrel) · S. beecheyi (California Ground Squirrel) · S. beecheyi beecheyi (California Ground Squirrel) · S. beldingi (Belding's Ground Squirell) · S. beldingi beldingi (Belding's Ground Squirrel) · S. brevicauda (Brandt's Ground Squirrel) · S. brunneus (Northern Idaho Ground Squirrel) · S. brunneus brunneus (Norhern Idaho Ground Squirrel) · S. brunneus endemicus (Southern Idaho Ground Squirrel) · S. canus (Snake River Ground Squirrel) · S. citellus (European Ground Squirrel) · S. citellus citellus (European Suslik) · S. columbianus (Columbian Ground Squirrel) · S. columbianus columbianus (Columbian Ground Squirrel) · S. dauricus (Daurian Ground Squirrel) · S. elegans (Nevada Ground Squirrel) · S. elegans elegans (Wyoming Ground Squirrel) · S. elegans nevadensis (Nevada Ground Squirrel) · S. erythrogenys (Red-Cheeked Ground Squirrel) · S. erythrogenys erythrogenys (Red-Cheeked Ground Squirrel) · S. franklinii (Franklin's Ground Squirrel) · S. fulvus (Yellow Ground Squirrel) · S. lateralis (Green River Basin Golden-Mantled Ground Squirrel) · S. lateralis lateralis (Wind River Golden-Mantled Ground Squirrel) · S. madrensis (Sierra Madre Mantled Ground Squirrel) · S. major (Russet Ground Squirrel) · S. mexicanus (Mexican Ground Squirrel) · S. mexicanus mexicanus (Mexican Ground Squirrel) · S. mohavensis (Mohave Ground Squirrel) · S. mollis (Great Basin Ground Squirrel) · S. musicus (Caucasian Mountain Ground Squirrel) · S. pallidicauda (Pallid Ground Squirrel) · S. parryii (Arctic Ground Squirrel) · S. parryii kodiacensis (Kodiak Ground Squirrel) · S. parryii lyratus (St. Lawrence Island Ground Squirrel) · S. parryii nebulicola (Arctic Ground Squirrel) · S. parryii osgoodi (Odgood's Arctic Ground Squirrel) · S. paryii (Arctic Ground Squirrel) · S. perotensis (Perote Ground Squirrel) · S. pygmaeus (Little Ground Squirrel) · S. ralli (Tien Shan Ground Squirrel) · S. relictus (Tien Shan Ground Squirrel) · S. richardsonii (Richardson's Ground Squirrel) · S. richardsonii richardsonii (Richardson's Ground Squirrel) · S. saturatus (Cascade Golden-Mantled Ground Squirrel) · S. spilosoma (Spotted Ground Squirrel) · S. spilosoma marginatus (Spotted Ground Squirrel) · S. suslicus (SPECKLED GROUND SQUIRREL) · S. tereticaudus (Round-Tailed Ground Squirrel) · S. tereticaudus chlorus (Coachella Round-Tailed Ground Squirrel) · S. tereticaudus tereticaudus (Round-Tailed Ground Squirrel) · S. townsendii (Townsend's Ground Squirrel) · S. townsendii townsendii (Townsend's Ground Squirrel) · S. tridecemlineatus (Big Horn Thirteen-Lined Ground Squirrel) · S. tridecemlineatus alleni (Allen's Thirteen-Lined Ground Squirrel) · S. tridecemlineatus blanca (Thirteen-Lined Ground Squirrel) · S. tridecemlineatus monticola (White Mountains Ground Squirrel) · S. tridecemlineatus pallidus (Thirteen-Lined Ground Squirrel) · S. undulatus (Long-Tailed Ground Squirrel) · S. variegatus (Water Mongoose) · S. variegatus tularosae (Rock Squirrel) · S. washingtoni (Washington Ground Squirrel) · S. washingtoni washingtoni (Washington Ground Squirrel) · S. xanthoprymnus (Asia Minor Ground Squirrel)
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Further Reading
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 215.
- Catalogue of scientific papers, 1800-1900. Compiled by the Royal Society of London. London, C.J. Clay and Sons, 1867-1902 [etc.] Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1914-25. url p. 574.
- Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian mammals 1758 to 1946 / by J.R. Ellerman and T.C.S. Morrison-Scott. London: BM(NH), 1951. url p. 508.
- Mammals of the Soviet Union / V.G. Heptner, A.A. Nasimovich, and A.G. Bannikov; scientific editor, Robert S. Hoffmann. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Libraries and National Science Foundation, 1988- url p. 419.
- Reports on zoology for 1843, 1844 / Tr. from the German by George Busk, Alfred Tulk, esq., and Alexander H. Haliday, esq. London: Printed for the Ray society, 1847. url p. 261.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 30, 2012.
- Smith, A.T. & Johnston, C.H. 2008. Spermophilus brevicauda. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 04February2012.
Identifiers
- IUCN ID: 243104
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4755992
Footnotes
- Smith, A.T. & Johnston, C.H. 2008. Spermophilus brevicauda. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 February 2012. [back]
