Barbary Ground Squirrel

Barbary Ground Squirrel

Taxobox
name = Barbary Ground Squirrel
fossil_range = Early Miocene - Recent


status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Sciuridae
subfamilia = Xerinae
tribus = Xerini
genus = "Atlantoxerus"
genus_authority = Forsyth Major, 1893
species = "A. getulus"
binomial = "Atlantoxerus getulus"
binomial_authority = (Linnaeus, 1758)
synonyms = The Barbary Ground Squirrel ("Atlantoxerus getulus") is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is monotypic within the genus "Atlantoxerus".It is found in Algeria, Morocco, Spain, and Western Sahara.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, temperate grassland, and rocky areas.

References

* Aulagnier, S. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/2358/all Atlantoxerus getulus] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
*Thorington, R. W. Jr. and R. S. Hoffman. 2005. Family Sciuridae. Pp. 754-818 "in" Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.

External Links

* [http://tolweb.org/Atlantoxerus_getulus/16819 Tree of Life: Atlantoxerus getulus]


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