Xerus Hemprich and Ehrenberg 1833

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 754-818 : 790

Xerus Hemprich and Ehrenberg 1833

Xerus Hemprich and Ehrenberg 1833 , Symb. Phys. Mamm., Vol. 1: sig. Ee, pl. 9.

Type Species: Sciurus (Xerus) brachyotus Hemprich and Ehrenberg 1832

Species and subspecies: 4 species with 14 subspecies in 3 subgenera:

Subgenus Xerus (Xerus) Hemprich and Ehrenberg 1833

Subgenus Xerus (Euxerus) Thomas 1909

Subgenus Xerus (Geosciurus) Smith 1834

Species Xerus (Euxerus) erythropus (E. Geoffroy 1803)

Subspecies Xerus (Euxerus) erythropus subsp. erythropus E. Geoffroy 1803

Subspecies Xerus (Euxerus) erythropus subsp. chadensis Thomas 1905

Subspecies Xerus (Euxerus) erythropus subsp. lacustris Thomas 1905

Subspecies Xerus (Euxerus) erythropus subsp. leucoumbrinus Rüppell 1835

Subspecies Xerus (Euxerus) erythropus subsp. limitaneus Thomas and Hinton 1923

Subspecies Xerus (Euxerus) erythropus subsp. microdon Thomas 1905

Species Xerus (Geosciurus) inauris (Zimmermann 1780)

Species Xerus (Geosciurus) princeps Thomas 1929

Species Xerus (Xerus) rutilus (Cretzschmar 1828)

Subspecies Xerus (Xerus) rutilus subsp. rutilus Cretzschmar 1828

Subspecies Xerus (Xerus) rutilus subsp. dabagala Heuglin 1861

Subspecies Xerus (Xerus) rutilus subsp. dorsalis Dollman 1911

Subspecies Xerus (Xerus) rutilus subsp. intensus Thomas 1904

Subspecies Xerus (Xerus) rutilus subsp. massaicus Toschi 1945

Subspecies Xerus (Xerus) rutilus subsp. rufifrons Dollman 1911

Subspecies Xerus (Xerus) rutilus subsp. saturatus Neumann 1900

Subspecies Xerus (Xerus) rutilus subsp. stephanicus Thomas 1906

Discussion: Tribe Xerini according to Simpson (1945:79). Includes Euxerus, Geosciurus , and Xerus as subgenera ( Amtmann, 1975; Ellerman, 1940; Moore, 1959).