Xerus erythropus (E. Geoffroy, 1803) . Cat. Mamm. Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat. Paris, p. 178.
TYPE LOCALITY: Senegal .
DISTRIBUTION: Morocco and Senegal to Ethiopia and Kenya.
COMMENT: Subgenus Euxerus; see Corbet, 1978:79, and Amtmann, 1975, Part 6.1:2; but also see comment under genus.
ISIS NUMBER: 5301410002038001001.