| Barbary ground squirrel Temporal range: Early Miocene - Recent
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Tribe: | Xerini |
| Genus: | Atlantoxerus Forsyth Major, 1893[2] |
| Species: | A. getulus
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| Atlantoxerus getulus | |
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The Barbary ground squirrel (Atlantoxerus getulus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is monotypic within the genus Atlantoxerus.[3] 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.
- ^ Aulagnier, S. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Atlantoxerus getulus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T2358A115518165. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T2358A22251981.en. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Forsynth Major, 1893was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Scott J. Steppan & Shawn M. Hamm (2000). "Atlantoxerus". Tree of Life Web Project. Retrieved 2013-02-14.