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--> GENUS Atlantoxerus
SPECIES Atlantoxerus getulus
Author: | Linnaeus, 1758. | Citation: | Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1: 64. | Common Name: | Barbary Ground Squirrel | Type Locality: | "in Africa." Restricted by Thomas (1911a:149) to "Barbary;" and by Cabrera (1932:217) to Agadir, Morocco. | Distribution: | Grand and Middle Atlas south to Agadir and N edge of Sahara (Morocco), NW Algeria. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | For synonyms see Corbet (1978c:79). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
praetextus Wagner, 1842 trivittatus (Gray, 1842)
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