South African Ground Squirrel
Geosciurus inauris
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 1,659
- Most observed in
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The Cape ground squirrel or South African ground squirrel (Geosciurus inauris) is found in most of the drier parts of southern Africa from South Africa, through to Botswana, and into Namibia, including Etosha National Park. The name Cape ground squirrel is somewhat misleading as it actually has a much wider area of habitation. This common name may have been arrived at to distinguish it from a tree squirrel (the eastern grey squirrel) found around Cape Town, which was imported from Europe by Cecil John Rhodes.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Cape ground squirrel”.