Name - Xerus

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:844782 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Xerus Ehrenberg 1833

• Xerus Hemprich & Ehrenberg 1833

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Recent Publications

• Special and social structure of ground squirrels (g. Spermophilus, Xerus, Cynomys) as a model for ecologo-ethological research.
• [Ground squirrels and spiny squirrels. The care of these ground squirrels is easy but the breeding difficult.]
• Karyotypic evolution of the family Sciuridae: inferences from the genome organizations of ground squirrels.
• Rodents of sub-Saharan Africa: a biogeographic and taxonomic synthesis.
• Incipient morphological specializations associated with fossorial life in the skull of ground squirrels (Sciuridae, Rodentia).

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