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Atlantoxerus getulus

Barbary ground squirrel

Species

Least Concern

Barbary Ground Squirrel

SPECIES

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassMammalia
OrderRodentia
FamilySciuridae

Observations1,507

via GBIF · IUCN

Bird sounds

call· Morocco· quality B
alarm call· Morocco· quality D

via Xeno-canto

Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Atlantoxerus
Image: Atlantoxerus getulus.jpg

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P105: species
P141: Least Concern
P9566: diurnality

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Article

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