Barbary Ground Squirrel
Atlantoxerus getulus
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 1,052
- Most observed in
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The Barbary ground squirrel (Atlantoxerus getulus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is monotypic within the genus Atlantoxerus. It is endemic to the Atlas mountains in Morocco and some parts in Algeria, and has been introduced into the Canary Islands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, temperate grassland and rocky areas where it lives colonially in burrows. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Barbary ground squirrel”.