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