Little Ground Squirrel – Spermophilus pygmaeus

Spermophilus pygmaeusPallas, 1778

Accepted name, Mammal Species of the World 2005

Subgenus Spermophilus, see Gromov et al. (1965:257) and comment under musicus. Hybridizes rarely with erythrogenys and fulvus, and more frequently with major and suslicus (Bazhanov 1944; Denisov, 1964); in zone of contact SW of Saratov (Russia) (Denisov and Smirnova, 1976; Ermakov, 1996).

• Wilson, D and Reeder, D. (eds.) 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. 3rd ed. -- 2142 pp. Johns Hopkins University Press.