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{{Speciesbox | name = Relict ground squirrel | image = Spermophilus relictus staying.jpg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 13 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Cassola, F. |year=2016 |title=''Spermophilus relictus'' |article-number=e.T20491A22264410 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T20491A22264410.en |access-date=13 November 2021}}</ref> | genus = Spermophilus | species = relictus | authority = (Kashkarov, 1923) | synonyms = ''Citellus relictus''<br/> ''Urocitellus relictus'' <br/> ''Spermophilus ralli'' <small>(Kuznetsov, 1948)</small> | synonyms_ref = <ref name="iucn status 13 November 2021" /> }}
The '''relict ground squirrel''' ('''''Spermophilus relictus''''') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. It is thought to be synonymous with ''Spermophilus ralli'', whose name was formerly used for the Tian Shan ground squirrel (''S. nilkaensis'').<ref>{{Cite mdd |title=''Spermophilus nilkaensis'' Hou Lanxin & Wang Sibo, 1989|id=1001778|access-date=2021-08-28}}</ref>
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