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.