Long-clawed ground squirrel

{{Short description|Species of rodent}}

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| image = Long-clawed Ground Squirrel imported from iNaturalist photo 178032900 on 24 March 2024.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Molur, S. |year=2016 |title=Spermophilopsis leptodactylus |errata=2017 |page=e.T20471A115158585 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T20471A22249018.en |access-date=17 March 2022}}

| display_parents = 3

| genus = Spermophilopsis

| parent_authority = Blasius, 1884

| species = leptodactylus

| authority = (Lichtenstein, 1823)

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The long-clawed ground squirrel (Spermophilopsis leptodactylus) is a squirrel species native to grasslands and deserts in northeastern Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, northwestern Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. It is the only member of the tribe Xerini not native to Africa.