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Xerus princeps (Damara ground squirrel)

Kaokoveld ground squirrel, mountain ground squirrel [English]; bergwaaierstertgrondeekhoring [Afrikaans]; Damara-Erdhörnchen [German]; écureuil foisseur de Damara [French]

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Synapsida (mammal-like reptiles) > Therapsida > Theriodontia >  Cynodontia > Mammalia (mammals) > Placentalia (placental mammals) > Euarchontaglires > Glires > Rodentia (rodents) > Sciurognathi > Family: Sciuridae (squirrels)

Xerus princeps (Damara ground squirrel)

Xerus princeps (Damara gound squirrel), Damaraland, Namibia. [photo Coke Smith ©]

Xerus princeps (Damara gound squirrel), Spitzkoppe, Namibia. [photo Trevor Hardaker ©]