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Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Mammalia > Order: Rodentia > Family: Sciuridae > Genus: Spermophilus > Species: Spermophilus suslicus

Spotted souslik - Spermophilus suslicus (Güldenstädt, 1770)

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe	Near Threatened (IUCN)
Protected by	EU Habitats Directive and 2 other international agreements
Natura 2000 sites	8 are designated for this species
Most preferred habitats	cropland grassland
Natura 2000 species code	2608

Distribution

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Threat and conservation status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Near Threatened

Europe

Near Threatened

Not Applicable

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

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EU conservation status

Conservation status assesses every six years and for each biogeographical region the condition of habitats and species compared to the favourable status as described in the Habitats Directive. The map shows the 2013-2018 assessments as reported by EU Member State. Assessments are further detailed in the summary document available behind the link below.

Good: the species is viable and maintaining itself on a long-term basis, its natural range is not reduced, and it has a sufficient large habitat.
Poor: the species is not as critical as being unfavourable-bad, but still requires significant conservation and restoration measure to make it viable in the long-term, or to enlarged its current range, or to improve the quality and availability of its habitat.
Bad: the species is either not maintaining itself on a long-term basis and is not viable, or its natural range as been or is being drastically reduced, or its habitat is largely insufficient; the species requires major conservation and restoration measures.
Unknown: the information available for the species is scarce and does not allow a proper assessment of its conservation status.

Natura 2000 sites

Protected in the following Natura 2000 sites

Sitecode	Country	Site name	Action
PLH060021	Poland	Świdnik	Map
PLH060035	Poland	Zachodniowołyńska Dolina Bugu	Map
PLH060006	Poland	Gliniska	Map
PLH060019	Poland	Suśle Wzgórza	Map
PLH060016	Poland	Popówka	Map
PLH060008	Poland	Hubale	Map
PLH060014	Poland	Pastwiska nad Huczwą	Map
PLH060027	Poland	Wygon Grabowiecki	Map

Protected sites

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Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	More information
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007 (EU Habitats Directive)	Annex II: animal and plant species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation. (Citellus suslicus)	http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
	Annex IV: animal and plant species of community interest in need of strict protection. (Citellus suslicus)
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Annex II: strictly protected fauna species (Citellus suslicus)	http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cul.../bern/default_en.asp
	Revised Annex I of Resolution 6 (1998) of the Bern Convention listing the species requiring specific habitat conservation measures (year of revision 2011) (Citellus suslicus)	https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc....ckColorLogged=FDC864 Resolution No. 6 (1998) of the Bern Convention lists the species requiring specific habitat conservation measures [and the designation of Areas of Special Conservation Interest (ASCIs) forming for the Emerald network]

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Ardilla terrestre moteada	Spanish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Citello pomellato	Italian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Gevlekte soeslik	Dutch	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Gyöngyös ürge	Hungarian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Pärlsisel	Swedish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Perlesisel	Danish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Perlesisel	Norwegian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Perlusýli	Icelandic	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Perlziesel	German	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Pjegava tekunica	Croatian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Souslik tacheté	French	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Spotted souslik	English	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
susel perelkowany	Polish	Polish NRC
Suslik	Slovenian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Suslikki	Finnish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Susliku	Albanian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Tähniksuslik	Estonian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.

Synonym	Author
Citellus suslicus

Other resources

EoL	Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea	Fauna Europaea
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS (Valid name)	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search	National Center for Biotechnology Information
PESI (Accepted)	Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Wikipedia	Wikipedia

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