African striped ground squirrel
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african-striped-ground-squirrel-179-14144297
title:
African striped ground squirrel
text:
The striped ground squirrel 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. It is a moderately large ground squirrel with sandy-brown or dark-brown fur with a white lateral stripe and whitish underparts. Adults live alone or in pairs in a simple burrow with a central nest, foraging, mostly on the ground, for seeds, nuts and roots, and caching excess foo
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Species of rodent
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_striped_ground_squirrel
date created:
2007-07-30T17:30:16Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T00:34:24Z
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13
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