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Xerus inauris (Cape ground squirrel) — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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Xerus inauris

Common names: Cape ground squirrel

Taxonomy: Animalia > Chordata > Mammalia > Rodentia > Sciuridae

Roles: habitat component, study subject

ITIS TSN: 632484

External: RMBL Collections · iNaturalist · iDigBio · GenBank

Papers: 9 | Mentions: 10

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Knowledge graph centered on Xerus inauris with 71 nodes and 137 connections. Top connected: Marmota flaviventris, Spruce, mark-recapture (Sciuridae), Populus, Populus tremuloides.

Publications (10)

Developmental and social constraints on early reproduction in an asocial ground squirrel

2018Journal of ZoologyRole: text_match

Reproductive Ecology of Female Golden-Mantled Ground Squirrels

2016Role: habitat component

Reproductive Ecology of Female Golden-Mantled Ground Squirrels

2016Role: study subject

Parental investment in burying beetles (<i>Nicrophorus investigator</i>): influence of seasonal timing and prior experience and efficacy of minimally guided instructional strategies in K-12 and undergraduate science classrooms: a meta-analysis

2011Role: text_match

Effects of Burrow Distance on Anti-predator Vigilance in Foraging Yellow-Bellied Marmots

2010Role: text_match

The Landscape of Fear and Trophic Cascades: Does Human Presence at RMBL Affect Deer Behavior?

2010Role: text_match

A trait-based approach to the evolution of complex coalitions in male mammals

2009Behavioral EcologyRole: text_match

Indirect fitness benefits do not compensate for the loss of direct fitness in yellow-bellied marmots

Co-occurring Species

Marmota flaviventris

Sciuridae7 shared papers

Urocitellus columbianus

Sciuridae5 shared papers

wood duck

5 shared papers

Aix sponsa

5 shared papers

small mammals

5 shared papers

Canis latrans

Canidae4 shared papers

Vulpes vulpes

Canidae4 shared papers

Spruce

4 shared papers

Peromyscus

Cricetidae4 shared papers

Microtus ochrogaster

Cricetidae4 shared papers

2008Journal of MammalogyRole: text_match

Olfactory predator discrimination abilities of yellow-bellied marmots <i>(Marmota flaviventris)</i>

2007Role: text_match

Sociality and individual fitness in yellow-bellied marmots: insights from a long-term study (1962-2001)

2003OecologiaRole: text_match