Damara Ground Squirrel

Geosciurus princeps

Classification

Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae

The mountain ground squirrel (Geosciurus princeps) is a rodent that is native to southwestern Angola, western Namibia, and western South Africa. It is also known as the Kaoko ground squirrel or the Damara ground squirrel. It is the closest relative of the Cape ground squirrel (Latin name Geosciurus inauris), which is so similar in appearance that the two are difficult to distinguish in the field.

Distribution

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Sources and credits

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Damara Ground Squirrel

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