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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER SCIUROMORPHA
--> FAMILY Sciuridae
--> SUBFAMILY Xerinae
--> TRIBE Xerini
--> GENUS Xerus
--> SUBGENUS Xerus
--> SPECIES rutilus
SUBSPECIES Xerus (Xerus) rutilus rutilus
| Author: | Cretzschmar, 1828. | | Citation: | In Rüppell, Atlas Reise Nordl. Afr., Zool. Säugeth.: 59. | | Type Locality: | Ethiopia, eastern slope of Abyssynia. "Der östliche Abhang Abyssiniens, wo es häufig vorkommmt." Probably Massawa, according to Mertens (1925:26) "...wahrsheinlich Massaua". | |
| | Synonyms:
abessinicus (Gmelin, 1788)
brachyotis (Hemprich and Ehrenberg, 1833)
fuscus (Huet, 1880)
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