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xerus

(ˈzɪərəs)
n
(Animals) a member of a genus of African ground squirrels
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* Xerus Instruments , which provides a mobile app that enables Mobile Network Operators to test voice quality and video streaming, both indoors and outdoors, to improve the quality of experience for their customers without the need for highly-paid field engineers and sophisticated test equipment;
Abundance in Swali Index Cricetomys emini 74 3 Thryonomys swinderianus 296 3 Xerus erythropus 0 3 Funisciurus sp.
2008: Mapping the landscape of fear of the Cape ground squirrel (Xerus inauris).--Journal of Mammalogy 89: 1162-1169.
Tata Hispano has developed a new Intercity Coach ' Xerus' and a new Suburban Bus 'Intea', and is working on developing a range of other buses (Tata Motors, 2010a).
The competition, jointly run by New Scientist and car manufacturers Audi, promised the winner a thrilling ride 62 miles above the Earth aboard the Xerus rocket plane.
The competition, run by New Scientist magazine and car manufacturers Audi, promised the winner a thrilling ride 62 miles above the Earth aboard the Xerus rocket plane.
Although the Xerus craft has not yet been flown, it is under development and should be ready by 2009 when the launch is planned.
Colonies of Cape ground squirrels (Xerus inauris) offer a chance to study the benefits and costs of group living, says Jane Waterman of the University of Central Florida in Orlando.
The smaller mammals present include the Cape hare (Lepus capensis), the mole rat (Cryptomys hottentotus, which eats gemsbok cucumbers), the South African ground squirrel (Xerus inauris), the South African hedgehog (Atelerix frontalis), the meerkat (Suricata suricatta), and many others that can survive in the harsh desert environment.