Xerus

Translingual

Etymology

[‹ NL (1833), appar. ‹ Gk xērós dry, perhaps in reference to its rough fur]

Proper noun

Xerus m

A taxonomic genus within the family Sciuridae – African ground squirrels.

Hyponyms

(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

African ground squirrel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Xerus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Xerus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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