Xerus (Geosciurus) inauris (Zimmermann 1780)

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

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Xerus (Geosciurus) inauris (Zimmermann 1780)
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[Myoxus] inauris Zimmermann 1780 , Geogr. Gesch. Mensch. Vierf. Thiere, 2: 344.

Type Locality: South Africa, Kaffirland, 100 mi. (160 km) N of Cape of Good Hope. "Bewohnt die Cafferen, über hundert Meilen nordwärts des Vorgebürges der guten Hofnung...".

Vernacular Names: South African Ground Squirrel.

Synonyms: Xerus (Geosciurus) africanus (Shaw 1801) ; Xerus (Geosciurus) capensis ( Kerr 1792) ; Xerus (Geosciurus) dschinshicus (Gmelin 1788) ; Xerus (Geosciurus) ginginianus (Shaw 1801) ; Xerus (Geosciurus) levaillantii (Kuhl 1820) ; Xerus (Geosciurus) namaquensis (Lichtenstein 1793) ; Xerus (Geosciurus) setosus (Smuts 1832) .

Distribution: S Angola, Namibia, Botswana, W Zimbabwe, South Africa.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Geosciurus . Distinction from X. princeps supported by minor chromosomal differences reported by Robinson et al. (1986).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Sciuridae

Genus

Xerus

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Xerus (Geosciurus) inauris (Zimmermann 1780)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

[Myoxus] inauris

Zimmermann 1780: 344
1780
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