Xerus

Xerus Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833

Xerus Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833; Symb. Phys. Mamm. ?1: ?1; TS: Sciurus brachyotis Hemprich & Ehrenberg
Euxerus Thomas, 1909; ; TS: Sciurus erythropus Geoffroy
Geosciurus

Xerus; [CoL] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Subgenus Euxerus

Euxerus; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Xerus erythropus (Geoffroy, 1803) Senegal - Ethiopia (savanna zone), Kenya, SW.Morocco. See [maps] African Ground Squirrel
- Sciurus erythropus Geoffroy, 1803; Cat. Mamm. Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat. Paris: 178; TL: Senegal
- Euxerus erythropus; [iNaturalist]
- Xerus (Euxerus) erythropus; [CoL]
- Xerus erythropus chadensis; [CoL]
- Xerus erythropus erythropus; [CoL]
- Xerus erythropus lacustris; [CoL]
- Xerus erythropus leucoumbrinus; [CoL]
- Xerus erythropus limitaneus; [CoL]
- Xerus erythropus microdon; [CoL]

Subgenus Geosciurus

Geosciurus; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Xerus inauris (Zimmermann, 1780) South Africa, S.Namibia, Botswana, W.Zimabwe. See [maps]
- inauris (Zimmermann, 1780); Geogr. Gesch. Mensch. Vierf. Thiere, 2: 344; TL: South Africa, Kaffirland, 100mi N of Cap of Good Hope
- Geosciurus inauris; [iNaturalist]
- Xerus (Geosciurus) inauris; [CoL]
Xerus princeps (Thomas, 1929) Namibia, SW.Angola (deserts). See [maps]
- princeps (Thomas, 1929); Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1929: 106; TL: N.Namibia, C. Koakoveld, Otjitundua
- Geosciurus princeps; [iNaturalist]
- Xerus (Geosciurus) princeps; [CoL]

Subgenus Xerus

Xerus rutilus (Cretzschmar, 1826) NE.Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, NE.Uganda, NE.Tanzania. See [maps]
- Sciurus rutilus Cretzschmar, 1826; in Ruppell, Atlas Reise Nordl. Africa Saugeth.: 59; TL: Ethiopia
- Sciurus brachyotis Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1832
- Xerus (Xerus) rutilus; [CoL]
- Xerus rutilus dabagala; [CoL]
- Xerus rutilus dorsalis; [CoL]
- Xerus rutilus intensus; [CoL]
- Xerus rutilus massaicus; [CoL]
- Xerus rutilus rufifrons; [CoL]
- Xerus rutilus rutilus; [CoL]
- Xerus rutilus saturatus; [CoL]
- Xerus rutilus stephanicus; [CoL]
- Xerus rutilus; [iNaturalist]

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References:

[CoL] Catalogue of Life
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Vandepitte, L., Hobern, D., Schalk, P., DeWalt, R. E., Ma, K., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Adlard, R., Aedo, C., et al. (2024). Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2024-03-26); https://doi.org/10.48580/dfz8d
[iNaturalist]
iNaturalist
[maps]
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