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locality is “
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Etymology. – The name
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is derived from “geos” (Greek for earth)+
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(Greek for a squirrel, from “skia” for “shade”+“oura” for “tail” (both Greek), i.e. “a shadetail” “on account of the way a squirrel holds his bushy tail over his back” (
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consists of “in” (not, without)+“auris” (ear; both Latin) in allusion “to the very small ear pinnae of the species” (
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). The name
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(Latin for “first” or “primary”) “may refer to the larger than average size, brighter coloration and more profusely ringed tail of this species in contrast to the somewhat smaller, drabber
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.” (
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).
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Diagnosis. – More fossorial than other African bristly ground squirrel. Size is large, fur is bristly; flanks with a stripe (
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); hind foot robust, metatarsal pads absent; the ear extremely reduced to a rounded thickened rim, tragus absent; two pairs of nipples (posterior abdominal and the inguinal). Baculum (length is
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in
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<emphasis id="B933EABEFFED5B01FAC0FB7EFA73FB18" bold="true" box="[1340,1442,1192,1216]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="534">G. inauris</emphasis>
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) consists of long proximal cylindrical portion and elongated distal part; the upper surface of the blade is narrow and strongly constricted; dorsal crest is long (
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). Skull is broad and deep, with a short rostrum and elongate braincase (
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<figureCitation id="137C2A29FFED5B01FBEAFA80FBA5FAB6" box="[1046,1140,1366,1390]" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="7.[166,223,1659,1679]" captionTargetBox="[170,786,1159,1624]" captionTargetId="figure-228@7.[166,790,1155,1628]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="Figure 6: Bivariate plot of six Xerini species onto the first two principal components (PC) derived from ordination of nine cranial measurements (transformed to log10). Percentage of variance explained by individual PC is in parentheses. 95% confidence ellipses show the dispersion of all specimens within each species and letters indicate group centroids. Skulls (in dorsal view) are depicted to scale: A – AtlantoxerUS getUlUS (PMS 19301); E – EUxerUS erythroPUS (ZFMK 47.972); Gi – GeoSciUrUS inaUriS (NMW 32092); GP – GeoSciUrUS PrincePS (NMW 32097); S – SPermoPhiloPSiS lePtodactylUS (NMW 25782); X – XerUS rUtilUS (ZFMK 81.234)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10476693" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10476693/files/figure.png" pageId="13" pageNumber="534">Figure 6</figureCitation>
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); jugal bone is bluntly truncated against the lacrimal. Cheek-teeth are relatively hypsodont; the 3rd upper premolar is absent (
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<figureCitation id="137C2A29FFED5B01FAFCFA4DFA8DFA6B" box="[1280,1372,1435,1459]" captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="8.[136,193,1718,1738]" captionTargetBox="[136,760,1070,1687]" captionTargetId="figure-626@8.[136,760,1070,1687]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="Figure 8: Left maxillary (above) and right mandibular (below) toothrows in Xerini: 1 – EUxerUS erythroPUS (NHML 69.10.24.18/ZFMK 97.467), 2 – XerUS rUtilUS (ZFMK 81.234/ZFMK 96.251); 3 – GeoSciUrUS inaUriS (ZFMK 55.147); 4 – AtlantoxerUS getUlUS (PMS 19301 / ZFMK 88.195); 5 – SPermoPhiloPSiS lePtodactylUS (ZFMK 92.497/ ZFMK 92.496). Abbreviations for cheek-teeth: P/p – upper/lower premolar, M/m – upper/lower molar; numbers refer to a position in the tooth-row. Scale bar=2 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10476697" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10476697/files/figure.png" pageId="13" pageNumber="534">Figure 8</figureCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BF836ACFFED5B01FCC4FA68FA4BF8D6" blockId="13.[824,1452,846,1944]" pageId="13" pageNumber="534">
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Distribution. – The genus
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<taxonomicName id="4C474D2FFFED5B01FBA7FA68FB01FA0E" box="[1115,1232,1470,1494]" class="Mammalia" family="Sciuridae" genus="Geosciurus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="13" pageNumber="534" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="B933EABEFFED5B01FBA7FA68FB01FA0E" bold="true" box="[1115,1232,1470,1494]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="534">Geosciurus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is endemic to Zambezian savannah (
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<bibRefCitation id="EFD64B5DFFED5B01FC00FA37FBABFA21" author="Denys, C." box="[1020,1146,1505,1529]" pageId="13" pageNumber="534" refId="ref13665" refString="Denys, C. 1999. Of mice and men. Evolution in East and South Africa during Plio-Pleistocene times. In: (T. Bromage and F. Schrenk, eds.) African Biogeography, Climate Change and Human Evolution. The Human Evolution series, Oxford University Press." type="book" year="1999">Denys 1999</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<figureCitation id="137C2A29FFED5B01FB78FA36FB0FFA21" box="[1156,1246,1504,1529]" captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="9.[166,223,1565,1585]" captionTargetBox="[169,1128,177,1531]" captionTargetId="figure-10@9.[166,1131,174,1534]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="Figure 9: Distributional ranges of Xerini. Fossil (Late Oligocene to Early Pleistocene) records (top inset) are based on Fortelius (2015) with corrections and additions from Gromov and Erbajeva (1995), Kozhamkulova and Bendukidze (2005), Winkler et al. (2010), Flynn and Wessels (2013), and Maridet et al. (2014). Map of recent ranges (inset below) does not show the isolate of EUxerUS erythroPUS in Morocco, and the population of AtlantoxerUS getUlUS introduced to Fuerteventura, Canary Islands." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10476699" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10476699/files/figure.png" pageId="13" pageNumber="534">Figure 9</figureCitation>
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);
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<taxonomicName id="4C474D2FFFED5B01FB0EFA36FA89FA20" authorityName="Zimmermann" authorityYear="1780" box="[1266,1368,1504,1528]" class="Mammalia" family="Sciuridae" genus="Sciurus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="13" pageNumber="534" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="inauris">
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<emphasis id="B933EABEFFED5B01FB0EFA36FA89FA20" bold="true" box="[1266,1368,1504,1528]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="534">G. inauris</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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occupy open savannahs in
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<collectingCountry id="F350763CFFED5B01FBE9F9D2FB52F9C3" box="[1045,1155,1540,1563]" name="Botswana" pageId="13" pageNumber="534">Botswana</collectingCountry>
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,
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<collectingCountry id="F350763CFFED5B01FB6CF9D5FA79F9C3" box="[1168,1448,1539,1563]" name="South Africa" pageId="13" pageNumber="534">Republic of South Africa</collectingCountry>
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, and
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<collectingCountry id="F350763CFFED5B01FC90F9F0FC19F9E6" box="[876,968,1574,1598]" name="Namibia" pageId="13" pageNumber="534">Namibia</collectingCountry>
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(
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<bibRefCitation id="EFD64B5DFFED5B01FC26F9F0FB13F9E6" author="Herzig-Straschil, B." box="[986,1218,1574,1598]" pageId="13" pageNumber="534" pagination="119 - 124" refId="ref14810" refString="Herzig-Straschil, B. 1979. XerUS inaUriS (Rodentia, Sciuridae) - an inhabitant of the arid regions of southern Africa. Folia Zool. 28: 119 - 124." type="journal article" year="1979">Herzig-Straschil 1979</bibRefCitation>
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) but possibly disappeared during the last century from
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<collectingCountry id="F350763CFFED5B01FB2BF99EFA99F9B8" box="[1239,1352,1608,1632]" name="Zimbabwe" pageId="13" pageNumber="534">Zimbabwe</collectingCountry>
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(
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<bibRefCitation id="EFD64B5DFFED5B01FAA5F99EFBC3F95B" author="Skurski, D. A. & J. M. Waterman" pageId="13" pageNumber="534" pagination="1 - 4" refId="ref17318" refString="Skurski, D. A. and J. M. Waterman. 2005. XerUS inaUriS. Mammalian Species 781: 1 - 4." type="journal article" year="2005">Skurski and Waterman 2005</bibRefCitation>
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).
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<taxonomicName id="4C474D2FFFED5B01FBDCF9BDFB44F95B" box="[1056,1173,1643,1667]" class="Mammalia" family="Sciuridae" genus="Geosciurus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="13" pageNumber="534" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="princeps">
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<emphasis id="B933EABEFFED5B01FBDCF9BDFB44F95B" bold="true" box="[1056,1173,1643,1667]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="534">G. princeps</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is restricted to the western escarpment in
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<collectingCountry id="F350763CFFED5B01FC1AF958FB93F97E" box="[998,1090,1678,1702]" name="Namibia" pageId="13" pageNumber="534">Namibia</collectingCountry>
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and very marginally occurs in
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<collectingCountry id="F350763CFFED5B01FCC4F966FB94F910" box="[824,1093,1712,1736]" name="South Africa" pageId="13" pageNumber="534">Republic of South Africa</collectingCountry>
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and
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<collectingCountry id="F350763CFFED5B01FB82F966FB1EF910" box="[1150,1231,1712,1736]" name="Angola" pageId="13" pageNumber="534">Angola</collectingCountry>
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. Although ranges of the two species overlap, they select different habitats and segregate in behavior (
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<bibRefCitation id="EFD64B5DFFED5B01FBD7F920FA5FF8D6" author="Herzig-Straschil, B. & A. Herzig" box="[1067,1422,1782,1806]" pageId="13" pageNumber="534" pagination="41 - 46" refId="ref14843" refString="Herzig-Straschil, B. and A. Herzig. 1989. Biology of XerUS PrincePS (Rodentia, Sciuridae). Madoqua 16: 41 - 46." type="journal article" year="1989">Herzig-Straschil and Herzig 1989</bibRefCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BF836ACFFED5B02FCC4F8CEFE36FF2E" blockId="13.[824,1452,846,1944]" lastBlockId="14.[136,763,187,246]" lastPageId="14" lastPageNumber="535" pageId="13" pageNumber="534">
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Remarks. – Both species of
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<emphasis id="B933EABEFFED5B01FB81F8CEFB34F8E8" bold="true" box="[1149,1253,1816,1840]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="534">Geoscirus</emphasis>
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are well covered (as
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<taxonomicName id="4C474D2FFFED5B01FC99F8EDFC70F88A" box="[869,929,1851,1874]" class="Mammalia" family="Sciuridae" genus="Xerus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="13" pageNumber="534" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="B933EABEFFED5B01FC99F8EDFC70F88A" bold="true" box="[869,929,1851,1874]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="534">Xerus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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) in general faunal reviews of the mammals occupying the southern African subregion (
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<bibRefCitation id="EFD64B5DFFED5B01FAC2F888FCBAF840" author="de Graaff, G." pageId="13" pageNumber="534" refId="ref13648" refString="de Graaff, G. 1981. The rodents of southern Africa. Butterworths, Durban." type="book" year="1981">de Graaff 1981</bibRefCitation>
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,
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<bibRefCitation id="EFD64B5DFFED5B01FC87F856FB1BF840" author="Skinner, J. D. & C. T. Chimimba" box="[891,1226,1920,1944]" pageId="13" pageNumber="534" refId="ref17287" refString="Skinner, J. D. and C. T. Chimimba. 2005. The mammals of the Southern African subregion. Cambridge Univ Press, Cambridge, UK." type="book" year="2005">Skinner and Chimimba 2005</bibRefCitation>
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). For other reviews see
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<bibRefCitation id="EFD64B5DFFEE5B02FF4EFF6DFE2DFF0B" author="Skurski, D. A. & J. M. Waterman" box="[178,508,187,211]" pageId="14" pageNumber="535" pagination="1 - 4" refId="ref17318" refString="Skurski, D. A. and J. M. Waterman. 2005. XerUS inaUriS. Mammalian Species 781: 1 - 4." type="journal article" year="2005">Skurski and Waterman (2005)</bibRefCitation>
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,
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<bibRefCitation id="EFD64B5DFFEE5B02FDFBFF6AFF1EFF2E" author="Waterman, J. M. & M. D. Herron" pageId="14" pageNumber="535" pagination="1 - 3" refId="ref18263" refString="Waterman, J. M. and M. D. Herron. 2004. XerUS PrincePS. Mammalian Species 751: 1 - 3." type="journal article" year="2004">Waterman and Herron (2004)</bibRefCitation>
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and
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<bibRefCitation id="EFD64B5DFFEE5B02FEF9FF09FE1AFF2E" author="Waterman, J. M." box="[261,459,222,246]" pageId="14" pageNumber="535" pagination="96 - 98" refId="ref18463" refString="Waterman, J. M. 2013 d. XerUS inaUriS Cape ground squirrel (South African ground squirrel). In: (D. C. D. Happold ed.): Mammals of Africa. Volume III: Rodents, hares and rabbits. Bloomsbury, London, pp. 96 - 98." type="book chapter" year="2013">Waterman (2013d</bibRefCitation>
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,e).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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</document> |