Xerus
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Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
[‹ NL (1833), appar. ‹ Gk xērós dry, perhaps in reference to its rough fur]
Proper noun[edit]
Xerus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Sciuridae – African ground squirrels.
Hyponyms[edit]
- (genus): Xerus erythropus (striped ground squirrel), Xerus inauris (Cape ground squirrel), Xerus princeps (mountain ground squirrel), Xerus rutilus (unstriped ground squirrel) (species)
- †Xerus daamsi (extinct species)
Further reading[edit]
African ground squirrel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Xerus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Xerus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
