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NRLD - 62377 | Spermophilus citellus

Assessment ID
62377
Taxon name
Spermophilus citellus
(Linnaeus, 1766)
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National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Spermophilus citellus
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Mammals
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
chordata
Class
mammalia
Order
rodentia
Family
sciuridae
Genus
Spermophilus
Species
citellus
Species authority
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Location and scope
Specific locality or subnational name or regional name
Carpathian Mountains
Scope (of the Assessment)
Regional (multi-national)
Countries included within the scope of the assessment
Czechia
Poland
Slovakia
Hungary
Country ISO code(s)
CZE
POL
SVK
HUN
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Not_assigned
Conservation Status
Assessed as
Endangered
Abbreviated status
EN
Qualifying criteria (if given)
Criteria unknown
Criteria system used
IUCN

(see Assessment details)

Assessment rationale/justification
Species is included in Bern Convention
Assessment details
Year assessed
2003
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Witkowski Z.J., Król W., Solarz W. (eds.). 2003. Carpathian List Of Endangered Species. WWF and Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences, Vienna-Krakow.
Criteria system used
IUCN
Reference for methods given
IUCN (2001) IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: version 3.1. IUCN Species Survival Commission. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. ii+30pp
URL (link) of redlist assessment or publication
http://www.nationalredlist.org/files/2012/08/Carpathian-List-of-Endangered-Species-2003.pdf
Further information
Endemism (according to assessment)
Endemic to region
No
Is there a map available in assessment?
Not_assigned
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Terrestrial
Not_assigned
Freshwater
Not_assigned
Marine
Not_assigned
Threats and conservation measures listed
Threats listed in assessment
No information available
Publication
Carpathian List of Endangered Species
Witkowski Z.J., Król W., Solarz W. (eds.) (2003) Carpathian List Of Endangered Species. WWF and Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences, Vienna-Krakow