Mountain Ground Squirrel
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| Xerus princeps (Thomas, 1929) |
The Mountain Ground Squirrel (Latin name Xerus princeps) is a rodent that is native to North-West Namibia and Angola. It is also known as the Kaoko Ground Squirrel.
It is a close relative of the Cape Ground Squirrel (Latin name Xenus inauris) but is slightly larger than this species. Both species have have long bushy black and white tails with a white stripe from the shoulder towards the rump.
[edit] References
- Kruger Park page on the Mountain Ground Squirrel
- Griffin, M. & Coetzee, N. 2004. Xerus princeps. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 August 2007.
- Thorington, R. W. Jr. and R. S. Hoffman. 2005. Family Sciuridae. Pp. 754-818 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
