Barbary Ground Squirrel Fossil range: Early Miocene - Recent
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Sciuridae
Subfamily:	Xerinae
Tribe:	Xerini
Genus:	Atlantoxerus Forsyth Major, 1893
Species:	A. getulus
Binomial name
Atlantoxerus getulus (Linnaeus, 1758)

The Barbary Ground Squirrel (Atlantoxerus getulus) is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is monotypic within the genus Atlantoxerus. It is found in Algeria, Morocco, Spain, and Western Sahara. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, temperate grassland, and rocky areas.

[edit] References

• Thorington, R. W. Jr. and R. S. Hoffman. 2005. Family Sciuridae. Pp. 754-818 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.

[edit] External links

• Tree of Life: Atlantoxerus getulus

v • d • e Extant species of family Sciuridae (subfamily Xerinae) Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Order: Rodentia · Suborder: Sciuromorpha Xerini (Spiny squirrels) Atlantoxerus Barbary Ground Squirrel (Atlantoxerus getulus) Xerus (African ground squirrels) Subgenus Euxerus: Striped Ground Squirrel (Xerus erythropus) Subgenus Geosciurus: Cape Ground Squirrel (Xerus inauris) · Mountain Ground Squirrel (Xerus princeps) Subgenus Xerus: Unstriped Ground Squirrel (Xerus rutilus) Spermophilopsis Long-clawed Ground Squirrel (Spermophilopsis leptodactylus) Protoxerini Epixerus Ebian's Palm Squirrel (Epixerus ebii) · Baifran Palm Squirrel (Epixerus wilsoni) Funisciurus (African striped squirrels) Thomas's Rope Squirrel (Funisciurus anerythrus) · Lunda Rope Squirrel (Funisciurus bayonii) · Carruther's Mountain Squirrel (Funisciurus carruthersi) · Funisciurus congicus · Lady Burton's Rope Squirrel (Funisciurus isabella) · Ribboned Rope Squirrel (Funisciurus lemniscatus) · Red-cheeked Rope Squirrel (Funisciurus leucogenys) · Funisciurus pyrrhopus · Kintampo Rope Squirrel (Funisciurus substriatus) Heliosciurus (Sun squirrels) Gambian Sun Squirrel (Heliosciurus gambianus) · Mutable Sun Squirrel (Heliosciurus mutabilis) · Red-legged Sun Squirrel (Heliosciurus rufobrachium) · Ruwenzori Sun Squirrel (Heliosciurus ruwenzorii) · Zanj Sun Squirrel (Heliosciurus undulatus) Myosciurus African Pygmy Squirrel (Myosciurus pumilio) Paraxerus (African bush squirrels) Smith's Bush Squirrel (Paraxerus cepapi) · African Red Bush Squirrel (Paraxerus luciferus) · Alexander's Bush Squirrel (Paraxerus alexandri) · Boehm's Bush Squirrel (Paraxerus boehmi) · Cooper's Green Squirrel (Paraxerus cooperi) · Fernando Po Squirrel (Paraxerus poensis) · Huet's Bush Squirrel (Paraxerus ochraceus) · Red Bush Squirrel (Paraxerus palliatus) · Striped Bush Squirrel (Paraxerus flavovittis) · Swynnerton's Bush Squirrel (Paraxerus vexillarius) · Vincent's Bush Squirrel (Paraxerus vincenti) Protoxerus (African giant squirrels) Slender-tailed Squirrel (Protoxerus aubinnii) · Forest Giant Squirrel (Protoxerus stangeri) Marmotini (Ground squirrels) Large tribe listed separately Category

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