Geosciurus

Geosciurus
Cape ground squirrel (Geosciurus inauris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Tribe: Xerini
Genus:
A. Smith, 1834
Type species
Sciurus capensis
Kerr, 1792
(= Sciurus inauris Zimmermann, 1780)
Species

2 sp., see text

The genus 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.

Species

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Geosciurus inauris (Zimmermann, 1780) Cape ground squirrel southern Africa from South Africa, through to Botswana, and into Namibia, including Etosha National Park.
Geosciurus princeps Thomas, 1929 Mountain ground squirrel southern Angola to southern Namibia and as far south as Richtersveld National Park.

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