Euxerus erythropus

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)

Striped Ground Squirrel

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. 1803. Catalogue des Mammifères du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Privately published, Paris, 272 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/en/details/bsb10482289

Original name as described

Sciurus erythopus

Other common names

Geoffroy's Ground Squirrel · West African Ground Squirrel

Type material

lost (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Type locality

type locality not given.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic · Palearctic

Country distribution

Morocco · Mauritania · Mali · Senegal · Gambia · Guinea-Bissau · Guinea · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Burkina Faso · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Nigeria · Niger · Cameroon · Chad · Central African Republic · Sudan · South Sudan · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Uganda · Kenya · Ethiopia · Eritrea

Taxonomy notes

moved from Xerus to Euxerus

Taxonomy notes citation

Kryštufek, B., Mahmoudi, A., Tesakov, A. S., Matějů, J., & Hutterer, R. (2016). A review of bristly ground squirrels Xerini and a generic revision in the African genus Xerus. Mammalia, 80(5), 521-540.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001834

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. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Xerus microdon

(O. Thomas, 1905)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

microdon

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1901.2.5.4

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b3107db9-5bf2-4618-a6db-cb644097cff2

Authority page

389

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19243937

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Xerus erythropus lacustris

(O. Thomas, 1905)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

lacustris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1902.11.1.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a2c7ac3f-ce57-4ff9-9a3f-6855a62a6f26

Authority page

388

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19243936

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Xerus microdon fulvior

(O. Thomas, 1905)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

fulvior

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1903.11.1.4

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/47d8ce34-93b2-453f-a634-4c76f6b1c93a

Authority page

390

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19243938

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Euxerus erythropus maestus

O. Thomas, 1910

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

maestus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1907.7.15.4

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/85ed4fe3-75cd-4b78-acc2-e135c41d2619

Authority page

419

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16094852

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Euxerus erythropus agadius

O. Thomas & Hinton, 1921

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

agadius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1921.2.11.32

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/08fb96d5-fb37-4cd8-bf59-e0aca46b993d

Authority page

6

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3152465

Authority publication

Novitates Zoologicae

Name usages

Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Euxerus erythropus limitaneus

O. Thomas & Hinton, 1923

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

limitaneus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1923.1.1.99

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1df1b68e-74b6-4a14-8fcc-87a22a49480b

Authority page

255

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31551143

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:781) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Sciurus erythopus

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

erythropus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

as_emended

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

178

Authority publication

Paris

Tenotis griseus

(Rafinesque, 1817)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

griseus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

362

Authority page URI

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044106435274&seq=364

Authority publication

American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review

Name usages

Rafinesque (1817:362) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35234)

Sciurus ebii

(Pel, 1851)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

ebii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

fully_suppressed

Type

RMNH.MAM.19622

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.19622

Authority page

161

Authority publication

Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Jagtkunde

Sciurus leucoumbrinus

(Rüppell, 1840)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

leucoumbrinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMF:MAMM:4327

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

38

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37140020

Authority publication

Frankfurt am Main

Xerus erythropus chadensis

(O. Thomas, 1905)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

chadensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

387

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19243935

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Funambulus albovittatus

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

albovittatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

110

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Spermosciurus erythropus

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

erythropus

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)

Spermosciurus prestigiator

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

prestigiator

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 erythropus

(Matschie, 1895)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

erythropus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

38

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835431

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Matschie (1895:38, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835431) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)
  2. Moore (1959:204) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6420)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:134) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:377) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  6. Happold (2013:94) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/23144/115167168) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Xerus erythropus erythropus

(Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

erythropus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Xerus erythropus leucoumbrinus

(Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

leucoumbrinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Xerus erythropus limitaneus

(Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

limitaneus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Xerus erythropus microdon

(Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

microdon

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Euxerus erythropus chadensis

D. E. Wilson, T. E. Lacher, & Mittermeier, 2016

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

chadensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

781

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:781) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Euxerus erythropus

D. E. Wilson, T. E. Lacher, & Mittermeier, 2016

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

erythropus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

781

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:781) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000150) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000150) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001834) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Euxerus erythropus erythropus

D. E. Wilson, T. E. Lacher, & Mittermeier, 2016

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

erythropus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

781

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:781) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Euxerus erythropus lacustris

D. E. Wilson, T. E. Lacher, & Mittermeier, 2016

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

lacustris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

781

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:781) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Euxerus erythropus leucoumbrinus

D. E. Wilson, T. E. Lacher, & Mittermeier, 2016

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

leucoumbrinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

781

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:781) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Euxerus erythropus microdon

D. E. Wilson, T. E. Lacher, & Mittermeier, 2016

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

microdon

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

781

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:781) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Sciurus erithopus

(G. Fischer, 1814)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

erithopus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

vi

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130067

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

  1. Fischer (1814:vi, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130067) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  2. Rafinesque (1817:362) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35234)

Sciurus albovittatus

(A. G. Desmarest, 1817)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

albovittatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

110

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18038451

Authority publication

Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle

Name usages

Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Sciurus erythropus

(F. Cuvier in É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & F. Cuvier, 1830)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

erythropus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

pl. 239 (p. 1)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518356

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Cuvier (1842:4, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518527) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)

Sciurus marabutus

(Lesson, 1836)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

marabutus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

402 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62815085

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Sciurus prestigiator

(Lesson, 1836)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

prestigiator

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

402 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62815085

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Xerus Lessonii

(Fitzinger, 1867)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

lessonii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

488

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39323567

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Sciurus erythropus

(International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1971)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

erythropus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

justified_emendation

Authority page

224

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12224435

Authority publication

Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature

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