Spermophilopsis leptodactylus (Lichtenstein, 1823) . Naturh. Abh. Eversmann's Reise, p. 119.

TYPE LOCALITY: U.S. S. R., Uzbekistan, 140 km N.W. of Bukhara, near Kara-Ata .

DISTRIBUTION: Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan (U.S. S.R.); N.E. Iran; N. W. Afghanistan.

COMMENT: Related to African xerine squirrels ( Atlantoxerus and Xerus); see Nadler and Hoffmann, 1974, Experientia, 30:889-890.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410002031001001.