MCZ Mammalogy 19924

Spermophilus alashanicus Büchner, 1888

Holotype of Citellus obscurus siccus

Date Collected:

1921-08-01/1921-08-31

Asia: China: Shanxi | 10 miles west of Taiyuan fu

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:19924 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Spermophilus alashanicus Büchner, 1888
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Rodentia Sciuridae
Common Name(s): Alashan Ground Squirrel
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: MCZ Ledger
Previous Identifications
Citellus mongolicus
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Rodentia Sciuridae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: MCZ Ledger
Citellus duaricus mongolicus
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Rodentia Sciuridae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: MCZ Ledger
Citellus obscurus siccus G. M. Allen, 1925
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Rodentia Sciuridae
Determiner: Glover M. Allenlinked data icon on 1925-04-02
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: ID Date is date of publication

Allen 1925, page 3, Holotype of Citellus obscurus siccus G. M. Allen, 1925
Media type: text; Allen 1925 Description: Squirrels collected by the American Museum Asiatic Expeditions;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: Allen 1925 Description: Squirrels collected by the American Museum Asiatic Expeditions

  • additional number: 146

Part Condition Disposition Count
skin (dry) unchecked unknown 1 History
skull (dry) unchecked unknown 1 History
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: skin; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2023-10-26   determined by=Nina Black  

Attribute Value Determination On
sex female [no agent data], Method: migration 2009-06-20
age class adult [no agent data], Method: migration 2009-06-20
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2023-12-07

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  • Continent:
  • Asia
  • Country:
  • China
  • State/Province:
  • Shanxi
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7002086 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • 10 miles west of Taiyuan fu
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • China, Shansi, 10 miles w. of Taiyuan fu
  • Georeference:
  • 37.8795950°, 112.342257° (Error radius: 79253m) By: Tsuyoshi Takahashi on 2022-09-02 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1921-08-01 / 1921-08-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 8/1921
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • Bought from a Chinese collector
  • Collector:
  • Frederick Roelker Wulsin

  • None

Media type: text; Mammalogy 19901; 19902; 19903; 19904; 19905; 19906; 19907; 19908; 19910; 19911; 19912; 19913; 19914; 19915; 19916; 19917; 19918; 19919; 19920; 19921; 19922; 19923; 19924; 19925; 19909 Description: MCZ Mammalogy Mammals 015976-021925, pg.158;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Mamm:19901 Mus bactrianus gansuensis to MCZ...

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