Striped Ground Squirrel
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Striped Ground Squirrel

Xerus erythropus

Overview

Nairobi National Park is the atlas place where the Striped Ground Squirrel is recorded, with records gathering most thickly in Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Uganda, Senegal and Ghana. The atlas holds 389 open records of this mammal from 15 countries. These records represent the full range of the species in the atlas rather than a partial map.

Records
389
Countries
15
Atlas places
1
Recorded in and around these atlas places

These are open occurrence records, so they show where people looked for and recorded the Striped Ground Squirrel as much as where it lives. Cells are up to 25 km across, and every location is generalised to its cell.

Where you'll find them

Generalised encounter areas, not exact locations. Each shape is a grid cell coloured by how likely the species is there.

  • Benin
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 302 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Côte d’Ivoire
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 40 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Uganda
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 22 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Senegal
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 6 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Ghana
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 4 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Kenya
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 4 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Gambia
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 3 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Chad
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 2 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Ethiopia
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 2 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Morocco
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 2 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely

Conservation status not assessed here yet, so every location is generalised to its grid cell.

Photographs
1 of Striped Ground Squirrel