Atlantoxerus getulus: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Atlantoxerus
Species: Atlantoxerus getulus
Scientific Name: Atlantoxerus getulus

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Barbary ground squirrel

The Barbary ground squirrel (Atlantoxerus getulus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is monotypic within the genus Atlantoxerus. It is endemic to the Atlas mountains in Morocco and some parts in Algeria, and has been introduced into the Canary Islands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, temperate grassland and rocky areas where it lives colonially in burrows. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.

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Atlantoxerus getulus in languages:

Bokmål: Berberjordekorn
Catalan: Esquirol terrestre de Barbaria
Czech: veverka berberská
Dutch: Barbarijse Grondeekhoorn
English: Barbary Ground Squirrel
Finnish: marokonmaaorava
French: Ecureuil de Barbarie
German: Atlashörnchen
German: Nordafrikanisches Borstenhörnchen
German: Berberhörnchen
Italian: Xero del Nordafrica
Polish: berberyjka marokańska
Portuguese: Esquilo-terrestre-da-barbária
Russian: Магрибская белка

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Parent Taxon

Atlantoxerus

Sibling Taxa

Atlantoxerus getulus