Mawrth Vallis [SEP] located on astronomical body
Mawrth Vallis
Mawrth Vallis () (Mawrth means "Mars" in Welsh) is a valley on Mars, located in the Oxia Palus quadrangle at 22.3°N, 343.5°E with an elevation approximately two kilometers below datum. Situated between the southern highlands and northern lowlands, the valley is a channel formed by massive flooding which occurred in Mars’ ancient past. It is an ancient water outflow channel with light-colored clay-rich rocks.
Prior to the selection of Gale Crater for the Mars Science Laboratory
Pedetes capensis" LC
- Family: Sciuridae (squirrels)
- Subfamily: Xerinae
- Tribe: Xerini
- Genus: "Xerus"
- South African ground squirrel, "Xerus inauris" LC
- Mountain ground squirrel, "Xerus princeps" LC
- Tribe: Protoxerini
- Genus: "Paraxerus"
- Smith's bush squirrel, "Paraxerus cepapi" LC
- Red bush squirrel, "Paraxerus palliatus" LC
- Family: Gliridae (dormice)
- Subfamily: Graphiurinae