Atlantoxerus getulus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Barbary Ground Squirrel

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Location:Morocco, Chtouka Aït Baha, coastal sand dunes near MassaDate taken:28 March 2012Description:Side view

Distribution :

Grand and Middle Atlas south to Agadir and N edge of Sahara (Morocco), NW Algeria.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1907

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Sciuromorpha
Family: Sciuridae
Subfamily: Xerinae
Tribe: Xerini
Genus: Atlantoxerus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Linnaeus, C. 1758-01-01. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 823 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033875

Original name as described

Sciurus getulus

Other common names

North African Ground Squirrel

Type kind

nonexistent

Type locality

"Africa." Restricted by O. Thomas in 1911 to "Barbary."

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Algeria · Morocco

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001833

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 5 names and synonyms.

Sciurus getulus

Linnaeus, 1758

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

getulus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

nonexistent

Original type locality

in Africa

Type locality

Morocco.

Authority page

64

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033875

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

Linnaeus (1758:64, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033875) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57429)
Linnaeus (1766:87, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946283) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38438)
Boddaert (1772:67, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43563439) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67754)
Erxleben (1777:425, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873222) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
Borowski (1780:48, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28347104) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67758)
Zimmermann (1783:171) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
Boddaert (1785:119, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230083) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)
Gmelin (1788:150, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751370) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
Kerr (1792:262, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664286) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
Shaw (1801:146, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19603339) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37618)
Daudin (1802:171, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033421) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
Turton (1802:93, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772949) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
Treviranus (1803:182, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028210) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41587)
Wolf (1808:512) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72411)
Goldfuss (1809:121, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497955) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
Fischer (1814:vi, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130067) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
Illiger (1815:77, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080933) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
Desmarest (1817:106, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18038447) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60383)
Muirhead (1819:432) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
Ranzani (1820:396, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27807976) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69425)
Schinz (1821:306, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529067) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
Desmarest (1822:336, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521780) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36189)
Desmoulins (1824:72, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48533435) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39868)
Lesson (1827:237, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207705) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
Fischer (1829:358) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
Wagler (1830:19, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38965765) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/56273)
Burmeister (1837:813, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46858148) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72421)
Giebel (1855:661, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45548852) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38563)
Loche (1858:32, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41949406) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60564)
Murray (1866:353, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580349) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
Huet (1880:136, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36856702) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68672)

Spermosciurus getulus:

Lesson, 1842

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

getulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

111

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:111) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Xerus trivittatus

J. E. Gray, 1842

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

trivittatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

India?

Type locality

Africa.

Authority page

264

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2324288

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Gray (1843:144, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729845) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35530)
Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Xerus getulus:

P. L. Sclater, 1872

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

getulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

66

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037843

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Sclater (1872:66, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037843) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)
Flower & Lydekker (1891:452, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46965667) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34115)
Parsons (1894:252, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30982279) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69210)
Thomas (1898:933, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30988174) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35378)
Trouessart (1904:306, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423187) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Atlantoxerus getulus:

O. Thomas, 1909

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

getulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

473

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071846

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1909:473, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071846) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16530)
Allen (1939:287, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782148) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:501, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722802) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
Moore (1959:204) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6420)
Corbet & Hill (1980:134) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:346) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:141) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Hoffmann, Anderson, Thorington & Heaney (1993:420) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69019)
Benazzou (1998:7) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/73036)
Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
Happold (2013:43) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
Kryštufek, Mahmoudi, Tesakov, Matějů & Hutterer (2016:535) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/29004)
Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:781) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #2358) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #2358) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001833) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/2358/115518165) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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