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GENUS Atlantoxerus

Author:Forsyth Major, 1893.
Citation:Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1893: 189.
Type Species:Sciurus getulus Linnaeus, 1758.
Comments:Placed in Subfamily Xerinae by Gromov et al. (1965:70), but in tribe Xerini by Moore (1959). Atlantoxerus was originally a subgenus of Xerus, and later raised to full generic rank by Thomas (1909a). Closely related to Xerus (Corbet, 1978c:79).
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