Xerus (Geosciurus) inauris (Zimmermann 1780)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 754-818 : 790

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[Myoxus] inauris Zimmermann 1780 , Geogr. Gesch. Mensch. Vierf. Thiere, 2: 344.

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...".

Vernacular Names: South African Ground Squirrel.

Synonyms: Xerus (Geosciurus) africanus (Shaw 1801) ; Xerus (Geosciurus) capensis ( Kerr 1792) ; Xerus (Geosciurus) dschinshicus (Gmelin 1788) ; Xerus (Geosciurus) ginginianus (Shaw 1801) ; Xerus (Geosciurus) levaillantii (Kuhl 1820) ; Xerus (Geosciurus) namaquensis (Lichtenstein 1793) ; Xerus (Geosciurus) setosus (Smuts 1832) .

Distribution: S Angola, Namibia, Botswana, W Zimbabwe, South Africa.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Geosciurus . Distinction from X. princeps supported by minor chromosomal differences reported by Robinson et al. (1986).

References

Kerr, R. 1792. The animal kingdom, or zoological system, of the celebrated Sir Charles Linnaeus; class I: Mammalia. London, J. Murray & R. Faulder, 664 pp.

Robinson, T. J., J. D. Skinner, and A. S. Haim. 1986. Close chromosomal congruence in two species of ground squirrel: Xerus inauris and X. princeps (Rodentia: Sciuridae). South African Journal of Zoology, 21: 100 - 105.