Xerus Hemprich and Ehrenberg
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https://doi.org/ 10.1515/mammalia-2015-0073 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EE87BA-FFEB-5B07-FCC4-FDE5FA76FC73 |
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Felipe |
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Xerus Hemprich and Ehrenberg |
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Genus Xerus Hemprich and Ehrenberg View in CoL : Unstriped ground squirrels
Xerus Hemprich and Ehrenberg, 1832 , Plate IX. Type species is Sciurus (Xerus) brachyotus Hemprich and Ehrenberg (= Xerus rutilus ).
Spermosciurus Lesson, 1842, p. 110 . Type species is Sciurus rutilus Cretzschmar (cf. below). Spermosciurus was proposed as a subgenus of Sciurus View in CoL .
Content. – A monotypic genus, containing only X. rutilus .
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