# Relict ground squirrel

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{{Short description|Species of rodent}}

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| 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](/source/rodent) in the family [Sciuridae](/source/Sciuridae). It is found in [Kazakhstan](/source/Kazakhstan), [Kyrgyzstan](/source/Kyrgyzstan) and [Uzbekistan](/source/Uzbekistan). It is thought to be synonymous with ''Spermophilus ralli'', whose name was formerly used for the [Tian Shan ground squirrel](/source/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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