African ground squirrel
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| African ground squirrels Fossil range: Early Pliocene to Recent |
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 Cape Ground Squirrel (Xerus inauris)
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African ground squirrels (genus Xerus) form a taxon of squirrels under the subfamily Xerinae. They are only found in Africa.
There are four species of African ground squirrels divided into three subgenera:
- Genus Xerus
- Subgenus Euxerus
- Striped Ground Squirrel, Xerus erythropus
- Subgenus Geosciurus
- Cape Ground Squirrel, Xerus inauris (also: South African Ground Squirrel)
- Damara Ground Squirrel, Xerus princeps
- Subgenus Xerus
- Unstriped Ground Squirrel, Xerus rutilus
- Subgenus Euxerus
[edit] References
Wikispecies has information related to:
- Thorington, R. W. Jr. and R. S. Hoffman. 2005. Family Sciuridae. Pp. 754-818 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
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