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Taxonomy
Xerus was named by Hemprich and Ehrenberg (1833). It is extant.
It was assigned to Sciuridae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Xerini by Mercer and Roth (2003).
It was assigned to Sciuridae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Xerini by Mercer and Roth (2003).
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1833 | Xerus Hemprich and Ehrenberg |
1997 | Xerus McKenna and Bell |
2003 | Xerus Mercer and Roth |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Xerus Hemprich and Ehrenberg 1833 [African ground squirrel]
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Xerus inauris Zimmermann 1893 [Cape ground squirrel]
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Invalid names: Myoxus africanus Shaw 1801 [objective synonym], Sciurus capensis Kerr 1792 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available