Atlantoxerus getulus Linnaeus 1758 (Barbary ground squirrel)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Alternative combination: Sciurus getulus
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Belongs to Atlantoxerus according to O. Thomas 1911
See also Linnaeus 1758
Sister taxa: Atlantoxerus blacki, Atlantoxerus rhodius, Getuloxerus adroveri
Ecology: scansorial granivore-frugivore
Distribution: found only at Sahabi Fauna locality P61A (Miocene of Libya)
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