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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER SCIUROMORPHA
--> FAMILY Sciuridae
--> SUBFAMILY Xerinae
--> TRIBE Xerini
--> GENUS Xerus
--> SUBGENUS Xerus
SPECIES Xerus (Xerus) rutilus
| Author: | Cretzschmar, 1828. | | Citation: | In Rüppell, Atlas Reise Nordl. Afr., Zool. Säugeth.: 59. | | Common Name: | Unstriped Ground Squirrel | | Type Locality: | Ethiopia, eastern slope of Abyssynia. "Der östliche Abhang Abyssiniens, wo es häufig vorkommmt." Probably Massawa, according to Mertens (1925:26) "...wahrsheinlich Massaua". | | Distribution: | SE Sudan, E and S Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya, NE Uganda, NE Tanzania. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Subgenus Xerus. Chromosomes described by Nadler and Hoffmann (1974). Reviewed by O'Shea (1991, Mammalian Species, 370). |
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