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Damara Ground Squirrel
Xerus princeps (Thomas, 1929)
First described in: Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. vol.1929 p.106
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: Subgenus Geosciurus. Distinction from X. inauris supported by minor chromosomal differences reported by Robinson et al. (1986).
Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae
distribution
Distribution: W Namibia, S Angola, restricted to the Kaokoland escarpment of Namibia and Angola as far north as 14 ° 10 ' S 16 ° 0 ' E.
Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae
discussion
COMMENTS: Subgenus Geosciurus. Distinction from X. inauris supported by minor chromosomal differences reported by Robinson et al. (1986).
Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae
distribution
DISTRIBUTION: W Namibia, S Angola, restricted to the Kaokoland escarpment of Namibia and Angola as far north as 14 ° 10 ' S 16 ° 0 ' E.
Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Xerus princeps in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2437457.