Xerus

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Translingual

Xerus inauris

Etymology

New Latin, coined by German physician and naturalist Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar (1833), apparently from Ancient Greek ξηρός (xērós, “dry”), perhaps in reference to its rough fur.

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Proper noun

Xerus m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Sciuridae – African ground squirrels.

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