Striped Ground Squirrel
Euxerus erythropus
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 452
- Most observed in
- 🇧🇯 Benin
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The striped ground squirrel (Euxerus erythropus) is a species of squirrel native to Africa. It was first described by Geoffroy in 1803, but the binomial authority is sometimes incorrectly cited as "Desmarest, 1817". There are six subspecies.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “African striped ground squirrel”.