Striped Ground Squirrel

Xerus erythropus

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The striped ground squirrel (Xerus erythropus) is a species of squirrel native to Africa. It was first described by Geoffroy in 1803, but the original publication may be unavailable, so that the binomial authority is today more often cited as "Desmarest, 1817".

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  1. (c) Allan Hopkins, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), http://www.flickr.com/photos/hoppy1951/12467390765/
  2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerus_erythropus

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