Xerus
Translingual
editEtymology
editNew Latin, coined by German physician and naturalist Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar (1833), apparently from Ancient Greek ξηρός (xērós, “dry”), perhaps in reference to its rough fur.
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Proper noun
editXerus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Sciuridae – African ground squirrels.
Hyponyms
edit- (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
edit- African ground squirrel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Xerus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Xerus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons