Xerus Hemprich and Ehrenberg 1833 (African ground squirrel)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Parent taxon: Xerini according to J. M. Mercer and V. L. Roth 2003
See also McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Atlantoxerus, Spermophilopsis
Subtaxa: Xerus inauris
Ecology: semifossorial granivore-frugivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Cote D'Ivoire (1 collection), Ethiopia (4), Tanzania (2)
• Pliocene of Ethiopia (2), Tanzania (3)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Chad (1)
• Miocene of Chad (1), France (1)
Total: 15 collections including 16 occurrences
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