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List Of Mammals Of Georgia (country)
There are 80 mammal species in Georgia, of which one is critically endangered, two are endangered, ten are vulnerable, and two are near threatened. All mammals in Georgia are in subclass Theria and infraclass Eutheria, being placental mammals. The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature: Order: Rodentia (rodents) Rodents make up the largest order of mammals, with over 40% of mammalian species. They have two incisors in the upper and lower jaw which grow continually and must be kept short by gnawing. Most rodents are small though the capybara can weigh up to . *Suborder: Hystricognathi **Family: Hystricidae (Old World porcupines) ***Genus: '' Hystrix'' **** Indian porcupine, ''H. indica'' *Suborder: Sciurognathi **Family: Sciuridae (squirrels) ***Subfamily: Sciurinae ****Tribe: Sciurini *****Genus: ''Sciurus'' ****** Caucasian squirrel, ''S. anomalus'' ***Subfamily: Xerinae **** ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgia (country)
Georgia (, ; ) is a transcontinental country at the intersection of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is part of the Caucasus region, bounded by the Black Sea to the west, by Russia to the north and northeast, by Turkey to the southwest, by Armenia to the south, and by Azerbaijan to the southeast. The country covers an area of , and has a population of 3.7 million people. Tbilisi is its capital as well as its largest city, home to roughly a third of the Georgian population. During the classical era, several independent kingdoms became established in what is now Georgia, such as Colchis and Iberia. In the early 4th century, ethnic Georgians officially adopted Christianity, which contributed to the spiritual and political unification of the early Georgian states. In the Middle Ages, the unified Kingdom of Georgia emerged and reached its Golden Age during the reign of King David IV and Queen Tamar in the 12th and early 13th centuries. Thereafter, the kingdom decl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sciurognathi
Sciurognathi is a suborder of rodents that includes squirrels, chipmunks, beavers, and many types of mice. The group is characterized by a specific shape to the lower jaw. In sciurognaths, the angular process of the jaw is in the same plane as the root of the incisors. This is in contrast to the suborder Hystricognathi where the angular process is outside the plane formed at the root of the incisor due to the presence of a shelf for muscle attachment. The sciurognathous condition is considered to be the primitive condition in rodents, and is therefore not a good character for cladistic analysis. Although hystricognaths are almost universally accepted as representing a real evolutionary grouping, most researchers do not consider Sciurognathi as an equally valid group. In particular, gundis are thought to be more closely related to the hystricognathous rodents than to other sciurognaths. In spite of this, most texts continue to use these two suborders due primarily to a lack o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dryomys
''Dryomys'' is a genus of dormouse. Collectively the members of the genus are referred to as forest dormice, although the type species also goes by the common name forest dormouse. Species The species within the genus ''Dryomys'' are: *''Dryomys laniger'' – woolly dormouse *''Dryomys niethammeri'' – Balochistan forest dormouse *''Dryomys nitedula The forest dormouse (''Dryomys nitedula'') is a species of rodent in the family Gliridae found in eastern Europe, the Balkans and parts of western Central Asia. It is categorized as being of least concern in the ''IUCN List of Threatened Specie ...'' – forest dormouse References {{Taxonbar, from=Q910126 Rodent genera Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas Dormice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leithiinae
Leithiinae is a subfamily of dormice. It is named after the ''Leithia'', an extinct genus of giant dormouse from the Pleistocene of Sicily. Classification Subfamily Leithiinae *Genus ''Chaetocauda'' ** Chinese dormouse, ''Chaetocauda sichuanensis'' *Genus ''Dryomys'' **Woolly dormouse, ''Dryomys laniger'' **Balochistan forest dormouse, ''Dryomys niethammeri'' **Forest dormouse, ''Dryomys nitedula'' *Genus ''Eliomys'', garden dormice **Asian garden dormouse, ''Eliomys melanurus'' **Maghreb garden dormouse, ''Eliomys munbyanus'' **Garden dormouse, ''Eliomys quercinus'' *Genus ''Hypnomys''† (Balearic dormouse) **''Hypnomys morphaeus''† **'' Hypnomys mahonensis''† *Genus ''Leithia''† *Genus ''Muscardinus'' **Hazel dormouse, ''Muscardinus avellanarius'' *Genus ''Myomimus'', mouse-tailed dormice **Masked mouse-tailed dormouse, ''Myomimus personatus'' **Roach's mouse-tailed dormouse, ''Myomimus roachi'' ** Setzer's mouse-tailed dormouse, ''Myomimus setzeri'' *Genus ''Selevinia'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Ground Squirrel
The little ground squirrel or little souslik, (''Spermophilus pygmaeus'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found from Eastern Europe to Central Asia. Its subspecies include ''Spermophilus pygmaeus pygmaeus'', ''Spermophilus pygmaeus brauneri'', ''Spermophilus pygmaeus herbicolus'' and '' Spermophilus pygmaeus mugosaricus''. The Caucasian mountain ground squirrel (''Spermophilus musicus'') is now considered to be a separate species. Morphology The little ground squirrel has a stout, low-slung body, short legs and a well-furred tail. It has a brownish-grey back with ochre and yellowish mottling. The head is notably darker with more intense ochre tones and the tail is a light, grayish-ochre color with a pale tip. The body length is up to 230 millimetres and the tail measures up to 40 millimetres. Distribution The little ground squirrel inhabits steppes and semi-deserts in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, ranging from Ukraine and European Russia east as far ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spermophilus
''Spermophilus'' is a genus of ground squirrels in the Sciuridae, squirrel family. As traditionally defined the genus was very species-rich, ranging through Europe, Asia and North America, but this arrangement was found to be paraphyletic to the certainly distinct prairie dogs, marmots, and antelope squirrels. As a consequence, all the former ''Spermophilus'' species of North America have been moved to other genera, leaving the European and Asian species as true ''Spermophilus'' (the only exceptions are two Asian ''Urocitellus''). Some species are sometimes called susliks (or sousliks). This name comes from Russian :ru:Суслики, суслик, ''suslik''. In some languages, a derivative of the name is in common usage, for example ''suseł'' in Polish. The scientific name of this genus means "seed-lovers" (gr. σπέρμα ''sperma'', genitive σπέρματος ''spermatos'' – seed; φίλος ''philos'' – friend, lover). Habitat and behavior As typical ground squirr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xerinae
The Xerinae comprise a subfamily of squirrels, many of which are highly terrestrial. It includes the tribes Marmotini (marmots, chipmunks, prairie dogs, and other Holarctic ground squirrels), Xerini (African and some Eurasian ground squirrels), and Protoxerini (African tree squirrels).Thorington, R. W. and R. S. Hoffmann (2005). "Family Sciuridae". pp. 754–818 in Wilson, E. D. and Reeder, D. M. (eds.), Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference', Vol. 2. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. Taxonomy Tribe Xerini six species of ground squirrels in five genera, occurring in Africa and Asia. :''Atlantoxerus'' :'' Euxerus'' :''Geosciurus'' :''Spermophilopsis'' :'' Xerus'' Tribe Protoxerini thirty species of tree squirrels in six genera, occurring in Africa. :''Epixerus'' :'' Funisciurus'' :'' Heliosciurus'' :''Myosciurus'' :'' Paraxerus'' :'' Protoxerus'' Tribe Marmotini ground squirrels in fifteen genera, occurring world wide. Includes the prairie d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caucasian Squirrel
The Caucasian squirrel (''Sciurus anomalus'') or Persian squirrel, is a tree squirrel in the genus ''Sciurus'' found in temperate broadleaf and mixed forests in south-western Asia. The species is usually said to have first been described in 1778 by Johann Friedrich Gmelin in the 13th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', and named ''Sciurus anomalus''. However, some authors argue that this work was actually published in 1788, and that the true first description was made by Johann Anton Güldenstädt in 1785. Description Caucasian squirrels are small tree squirrels, with a total length of , including the tail, and weighing . The color of the upper body fur ranges from greyish brown to pale grey, depending on the subspecies, while that of the underparts is rusty brown to yellowish, and that of the tail, yellow brown to deep red. The claws are relatively short, compared with those of other tree squirrels, and females have either eight or ten teats. Samuel Griswold Goodrich described the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sciurus
The genus ''Sciurus'' contains most of the common, bushy-tailed squirrels in North America, Europe, temperate Asia, Central America and South America. Species The number of species in the genus is subject to change. In 2005, Thorington & Hoffman- whose taxonomic interpretation is followed by the IUCN website- accepted 28 species in the genus: Genus ''Sciurus'' *Subgenus ''Sciurus'' **Allen's squirrel, ''Sciurus alleni'' **Arizona gray squirrel, ''Sciurus arizonensis'' **Mexican gray squirrel, ''Sciurus aureogaster'' **Eastern gray squirrel, ''Sciurus carolinensis'' **Collie's squirrel, ''Sciurus colliaei'' **Deppe's squirrel, ''Sciurus deppei'' **Japanese squirrel, ''Sciurus lis'' **Calabrian black squirrel, ''Sciurus meridionalis'' **Mexican fox squirrel, ''Sciurus nayaritensis'' **Fox squirrel, ''Sciurus niger'' ** Peters's squirrel, ''Sciurus oculatus'' **Variegated squirrel, ''Sciurus variegatoides'' **Eurasian red squirrel, ''Sciurus vulgaris'' **Yucatan squirrel, ''Sciur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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