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--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER SCIUROMORPHA
--> FAMILY Sciuridae
--> SUBFAMILY Xerinae
--> TRIBE Xerini
--> GENUS Xerus
--> SUBGENUS Geosciurus
SPECIES Xerus (Geosciurus) inauris
| Author: | Zimmermann, 1780. | | Citation: | Geogr. Gesch. Mensch. Vierf. Thiere, 2: 344. | | Common Name: | South African Ground Squirrel | | Type Locality: | South Africa, Kaffirland, 100 mi. (160 km) N of Cape of Good Hope. "Bewohnt die Cafferen, über hundert Meilen nordwärts des Vorgebürges der guten Hofnung...". | | Distribution: | S Angola, Namibia, Botswana, W Zimbabwe, South Africa. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Subgenus Geosciurus. Distinction from X. princeps supported by minor chromosomal differences reported by Robinson et al. (1986). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
africanus (Shaw, 1801)
capensis (Kerr, 1792)
dschinshicus (Gmelin, 1788)
ginginianus (Shaw, 1801)
levaillantii (Kuhl, 1820)
namaquensis (Lichtenstein, 1793)
setosus (Smuts, 1832)
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