{"id":9106,"date":"2015-04-28T00:01:29","date_gmt":"2015-04-28T05:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=9106"},"modified":"2015-02-28T10:45:28","modified_gmt":"2015-02-28T15:45:28","slug":"atozchallenge-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=9106","title":{"rendered":"#AtoZChallenge &#8211; Xerus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-ex7JYUZcvKc\/VMacrQJvcqI\/AAAAAAAARMY\/fL1xw6WReTg\/s1600\/X.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-ex7JYUZcvKc\/VMacrQJvcqI\/AAAAAAAARMY\/fL1xw6WReTg\/s1600\/X.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Xerus is the scientific name for the African Ground Squirrel.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/d\/d2\/Xerus_inauris.jpg\/1024px-Xerus_inauris.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/d\/d2\/Xerus_inauris.jpg\/1024px-Xerus_inauris.jpg\" alt=\"Xerus\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Hans Hillewaert \/ , via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Looks a lot like a North American Prairie Dog, doesn&#8217;t it?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Xerus is the scientific name for the African Ground Squirrel. 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