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Taxon: Genus Xerus Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1832 - African ground squirrels (mammal)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1832)
Original name Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1832: pl. IX.
Subsequent rank

Types

Type ofXerini (Tribe) Murray, 1866
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]Xerus (Subgenus) (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1832)

Variants

BasionymXerus (Subgenus) Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1832

Synonyms

IncludingEuxerus (Genus) Thomas, 1909 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
IncludingGeosciurus (Genus) Smith, 1834 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full nameAfrikaanse grondeekhoorns

Vernacular Names (English)

Full nameAfrican ground squirrels
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