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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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