Don E. Wilson;Thomas E. Lacher, Jr;Russell A. Mittermeier
OverviewAI-generated
Atlantoxerus getulus is a species of mammal belonging to the family Sciuridae. It is classified within the order Rodentia, class Mammalia, phylum Chordata, and kingdom Animalia. The organism is a diurnal animal and is commonly known as the Barbary Ground Squirrel or North African Ground Squirrel. Other names include Nordafrikanisches Erdhörnchen and Atlashörnchen.
The IUCN Red List assessed the species as Least Concern in 2016. Records of the animal have been documented in Libya and Morocco. Various institutions, including RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, UAZ, UMMZ, CAS, and USNM, hold records related to this taxon.
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Species
Least ConcernBarbary Ground Squirrel
SPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderRodentia
- FamilySciuridae
via GBIF · IUCN
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 182
- With media
- 21
- Family
- Sciuridae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, UAZ, UMMZ, CAS, USNM
- Recorded in
- Libya, Morocco
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Atlantoxerus getulus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.