Cape Ground Squirrel | |
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Cape Ground Squirrel (Xerus inauris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Sciuridae |
Genus: | Xerus |
Subgenus: |
Geosciurus Smith, 1834 |
Species | |
2 sp., see text |
2 sp., see text
The subgenus Geosciurus of African ground squirrels are found in most of the drier parts of southern Africa from South Africa, through to Botswana, and into Namibia.