Xerus (Xerus) rutilus (Cretzschmar 1828)
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Xerus (Xerus) rutilus (Cretzschmar 1828) View in CoL
[Xerus (Xerus)] rutilus (Cretzschmar 1828) View in CoL , in: Ruppell, Atlas Reise Nordl. Afr., Zool. Saugeth.: 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".
Vernacular Names: Unstriped Ground Squirrel.
Subspecies: :
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
Distribution: SE Sudan, E and S Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya, NE Uganda, NE Tanzania.
Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion: Subgenus Xerus . Chromosomes described by Nadler and Hoffmann (1974). Reviewed by O'Shea (1991, Mammalian Species, 370).
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