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Cape ground squirrel
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species of mammal
Species
Least ConcernSouth African Ground Squirrel
species
南非地松鼠（Xerus inauris）是齧齒目下的一種松鼠。牠們分佈在博茨瓦納、萊索托、納米比亞、南非及津巴布韋。牠們的棲息地是乾旱的大草原，並熱帶及亞熱帶的灌叢帶。
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 20
- Image
- Xerus inauris.jpg
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- taxon name
- Xerus inauris
- Commons category
- Xerus inauris
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- Xerus inauris
- taxon common name
- Kap-Borstenhörnchen
- gestation period
- 45.5
- litter size
- 2
- longest observed lifespan
- 11.5
- short name
- X. inauris
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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.