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Xerus Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833

Xerus Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833; Symb. Phys. Mamm. ?1: ?1, TS: Sciurus barchyotis
Euxerus Thomas, 1909; , TS: Sciurus erythropus
Geosciurus

Xerus erythropus (Desmarest, 1817)

Senegal - Ethiopia (savanna zone), Kenya, SW.Morocco. See [About maps] African Ground Squirrel
Sciurus erythropus Desmarest, 1817; (Senegal)
?erythropus (Geoffroy, 1803); Cat. Mamm. Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat. Paris: 178, TL: Senegal

Xerus inauris (Zimmermann, 1780)

South Africa, S.Namibia, Botswana, W.Zimabwe. See [About maps] inauris (Zimmermann, 1780); Geogr. Gesch. Mensch. Vierf. Thiere, 2: 344, TL: South Africa, Kaffirland, 100mi N of Cap of Good Hope

Xerus princeps (Thomas, 1929)

Namibia, SW.Angola (deserts). See [About maps] princeps (Thomas, 1929); Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1929: 106, TL: N.Namibia, C. Koakoveld, Otjitundua

Xerus rutilus (Cretzschmar)

NE.Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, NE.Uganda, NE.Tanzania. See [About maps] Sciurus rutilus Cretzschmar; : 59, TL: Ethiopia
Sciurus barchyotis Ehrenberg

14.10.2001 (4)

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• Nisäkäshavaintojen kerääjät Suomessa; (in Finnish only, various contacts for mammals observations within Finland)

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