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Taxonomy
Xerus was named by Hemprich and Ehrenberg (1833). It is extant.
It was assigned to Sciuridae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Xerini by Mercer and Roth (2003).
It was assigned to Sciuridae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Xerini by Mercer and Roth (2003).
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1833 | Xerus Hemprich and Ehrenberg |
1997 | Xerus McKenna and Bell |
2003 | Xerus Mercer and Roth |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Xerus Hemprich and Ehrenberg 1833 [African ground squirrel]
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Xerus inauris Zimmermann 1893 [Cape ground squirrel]
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Invalid names: Myoxus africanus Shaw 1801 [objective synonym], Sciurus capensis Kerr 1792 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Samuels and Van Valkenburgh 2008, Carroll 1988 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the MN 4 to the top of the Holocene or 16.90000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma
Collections (15 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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MN 4 | France (Midi-Pyrénées) | Xerus grivensis (71873) | |
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene | Chad | Xerus sp. (24181) | |
Messinian | Chad | Xerus sp. (59839) | |
Pliocene | Tanzania (Eastern Drift Valley) | Xerus janenschi, Xerus sp. (32050) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene - Piacenzian | Ethiopia | Xerus erythropus (21546) | |
Piacenzian | Ethiopia | Xerus sp. (21784) | |
Piacenzian | Tanzania | Xerus janenschi (21831) Xerus sp. (21813) | |
Gelasian | Ethiopia | Xerus erythropus (21632) Xerus sp. (21545 21625 21627) | |
Gelasian | Tanzania | Xerus janenschi (21804 21805) | |
Holocene | Cote D'Ivoire | Xerus erythropus (21692) |