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--> TRIBE Xerini
GENUS Xerus
Author: | Hemprich and Ehrenberg, 1833. | Citation: | Symb. Phys. Mamm., 1: sig. Ee, pl. 9. | Type Species: | Sciurus (Xerus) brachyotus Hemprich and Ehrenberg, 1832 (= Sciurus rutilus Cretzchmar, 1828). | Comments: | Tribe Xerini according to Simpson (1945:79). Includes Euxerus, Geosciurus, and Xerus as subgenera (Amtmann, 1975; Ellerman, 1940; Moore, 1959). |
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