Kuchakulo

Kuchakulo ni wanyama wadogo kama kindi katika kabila Xerini la familia Sciuridae. Tofauti na kindi, ambao huishi mitini, kuchakulo huishi ardhini. Wanatokea maeneo makavu ya Afrika, isipokuwa kuchakulo makucha-marefu anayetokea Asia ya Kati. Hula mbegu, makokwa, matunda, matumba, manyasi, machipukizi na wadudu. Huchimba vishimo ambamo walala na kukingwa dhidi ya joto na wanyama mbua. Hutafuta chakula wakati wa mchana.

Spishi za Afrika
 Atlantoxerus getulus, Kuchakulo wa Barbari (Barbary Ground Squirrel)
 Euxerus erythropus, Kuchakulo Miraba (Striped Ground Squirrel)
 Geosciurus inauris, Kuchakulo Kusi (Cape Ground Squirrel)
 Geosciurus princeps, Kuchakulo-milima (Mountain Ground Squirrel)
 Xerus rutilus, Kuchakulo Mwekundu (Unstriped Ground Squirrel)

Spishi ya Asia
 Spermophilopsis leptodactylus (Long-clawed Ground Squirrel)

Spishi ya kabla ya historia
 Xerus daamsi (Pliocene ya Kossom Bougoudi, Chadi)

Picha

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