Xerus inauris

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sciuromorpha
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Sciuromorpha

Familia: Sciuridae
Subfamilia: Xerinae
Tribus: Xerini
Genus: Xerus
Species: Xerus inauris

Name

Xerus inauris (Zimmermann, 1780)

Type locality: South Africa, Kaffirland, 100 mi. (160 km) N of Cape of Good Hope. "Bewohnt die Cafferen, über hundert Meilen nordwärts des Vorgebürges der guten Hofnung...".

Synonyms

Sciurus inauris Zimmermann, 1780
Sciurus dschinschicus Gmelin, 1788
Sciurus capensis Kerr, 1792
Sciurus namaquensis Lichtenstein, 1793
Sciurus ginginianus Shaw, 1801
Myoxus africanus Shaw, 1801
Sciurus albovittatus Desmarest, 1817
Sciurus levaillantii Kuhl, 1820
Sciurus setosus Smuts, 1832
Geosciurus inauris: G. M. Allen, 1939
Xerus inauris: Ellerman, et al., 1940

References

Zimmermann, E. A. W. 1780. Geographische geschichte des menchen, und der allgemein verbreiten vierfeussigen thiere: nebst einer hieher geheorigen zoologischen weltcharte. In der Weygandschen Buchhandlung, Lepzig, 2: 344.
Gmelin, J. F. 1788. Revision of ‘‘Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differenetiis synonymis, locis’’ by C. Linnaeus. G. E. Beir, Lipsiae, Germany.
Kerr, R. 1792. The animal kingdom, or zoological system, of the celebrated Sir Charles Linnaeus. Class I. Mammalia: containing a complete systematic description, arrangement, and nomenclature of all known species and varieties of Mammalia, or animals which give suck to their young, being a translation of that part of the Systema Naturae, as lately published, with great improvements, by Professor Gmelin of Goettingen. Together with numerous additions from more recent zoological writers and illustrated with copperplates. A. Strahan, T. Cadell, and W. Creech, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Lichtenstein, A. 1793. Lichtenstein’s catalogus rerum naturalium rarissimarum (F. D. Godman, ed.). Willughby Society, London, England.
Shaw, G. 1801. General zoology or systematic natural history. Volume 2, part 1. G. Kearsley, London, England.
Desmarest, A. G. 1817. Ecureuil, Sciurus, Linn., Bris., Cuv., Geof. Ill., etc. Nouveau dictionnaire d’histoire naturelle, appliqueé aux arts, à l’agriculture, á l’économie rurale et domestique, á la medicine, etc. Par une société de naturalists et ’agriculteurs. Nouvelle edition presqu’ entièrement refondue et considérablement angmentée. Volume 10. Chez Déterville, Paris, France.
Kuhl, H. 1820. Beitrage zür zoologie und vergleichenden anatomie, von Heinrich Kuhl, mit abbildungen, gezeichnet vom verfasser. Hermann, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Smuts, J. 1832. Enumerationem mammalium capensium. J. C. Cyfveer, Leidae, The Netherlands.
Allen, G. M. 1939. A checklist of African mammals. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 83: 33.
Ellerman, J. R., R. W. Hayman, and G. W. Holt, 1940. The families and genera of living rodents. Order of the Trustees of the British Museum, London, England.
Skurski D. A., and J. M. Waterman, 2005. Xerus inauris. Mammalian Species, 781: 1–4.

Links

Xerus inauris in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
IUCN: Xerus inauris (Zimmermann, 1780) (Least Concern)
Xerus inauris (Zimmermann, 1780) – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Waaierstertmeerkat
català: Esquirol terrestre del Cap
čeština: Veverka kapská
Deutsch: Kap-Borstenhörnchen
English: South African Ground Squirrel, Cape Ground Squirrel
eesti: Maasuslik
فارسی: سنجاب زمینی دماغه
Frysk: Kaapsk grûniikhoarntsje
עברית: סנאי כף קרקעי
magyar: Fokföldi ürgemókus
日本語: ケープアラゲジリス
Nederlands: Kaapse grondeekhoorn
polski: Wiewiórka ziemna
русский: Капская земляная белка
svenska: Kapjordekorre
ไทย: กระรอกดินเคป
Tiếng Việt: Sóc đất Nam Phi
中文: 南非地松鼠