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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER SCIUROMORPHA
--> FAMILY Sciuridae
--> SUBFAMILY Xerinae
--> TRIBE Xerini
--> GENUS Xerus
--> SUBGENUS Geosciurus
SPECIES Xerus (Geosciurus) princeps
| Author: | Thomas, 1929. | | Citation: | Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1929: 106. | | Common Name: | Damara Ground Squirrel | | Type Locality: | N Namibia, C Koakoveld, Otjitundua. | | Distribution: | W Namibia, S Angola, restricted to the Kaokoland escarpment of Namibia and Angola as far north as 14°10'S 16°0'E. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Subgenus Geosciurus. Distinction from X. inauris supported by minor chromosomal differences reported by Robinson et al. (1986). |
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