14 relations: African ground squirrel, Barbary ground squirrel, Cape ground squirrel, Geosciurus, Ground squirrel, Holarctic, Long-clawed ground squirrel, Mountain ground squirrel, Oligocene, Protoxerini, Squirrel, Unstriped ground squirrel, Xerinae, Xerus erythropus.
African ground squirrel
African ground squirrels (genus Xerus) form a taxon of squirrels under the subfamily Xerinae.
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Barbary ground squirrel
The Barbary ground squirrel (Atlantoxerus getulus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.
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Cape ground squirrel
The Cape ground squirrel (Xerus inauris) is found in most of the drier parts of southern Africa from South Africa, through to Botswana, and into Namibia, including Etosha National Park.
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Geosciurus
The subgenus Geosciurus of African ground squirrels are found in most of the drier parts of southern Africa from South Africa, through to Botswana, and into Namibia.
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Ground squirrel
The ground squirrels are members of the squirrel family of rodents (Sciuridae) which generally live on or in the ground, rather than trees.
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Holarctic
The Holarctic is the name for the biogeographic realm that encompasses the majority of habitats found throughout the northern continents of the world, combining Wallace's Palearctic zoogeographical region, consisting of North Africa and all of Eurasia (with the exception of the southern Arabian Peninsula, Southeast Asia, and the Indian subcontinent), and the Nearctic zoogeographical region, consisting of North America, north of Mexico.
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Long-clawed ground squirrel
The long-clawed ground squirrel (Spermophilopsis leptodactylus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.
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Mountain ground squirrel
The mountain ground squirrel (Xerus princeps) is a rodent that is native to southwestern Angola, western Namibia, and western South Africa.
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Oligocene
The Oligocene is a geologic epoch of the Paleogene Period and extends from about 33.9 million to 23 million years before the present (to). As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that define the epoch are well identified but the exact dates of the start and end of the epoch are slightly uncertain.
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Protoxerini
The Protoxerini comprise a tribe of squirrels found in Africa.
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Squirrel
Squirrels are members of the family Sciuridae, a family that includes small or medium-size rodents.
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Unstriped ground squirrel
The unstriped ground squirrel (Xerus rutilus) is a species of rodent (order Rodentia) in the family Sciuridae.
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Xerinae
The Xerinae comprise a subfamily of squirrels, many of which are highly terrestrial.
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Xerus erythropus
Xerus erythropus (striped ground squirrel) is a species of squirrel native to Africa.
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