Unstriped Ground Squirrel
- Unstriped Ground Squirrel
Taxobox
name = Unstriped Ground Squirrel
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Sciuridae
genus = "Xerus"
subgenus = "Xerus"
subgenus_authority = Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833
species = "X. rutilus"
binomial = "Xerus rutilus"
binomial_authority = (Cretzschmar, 1828)
synonyms = The Unstriped Ground Squirrel ("Xerus rutilus") is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is found in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
References
* Grubb, P. & Oguge, P. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/23147/all Xerus rutilus] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 30 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.
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