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Xerus inauris
The Cape ground squirrel has black skin with a coat is made of short stiff hairs without underfur. The fur is cinnamon on the back while the face, underbelly, sides of neck and ventral sides of limbs are white.[2] The sides of its body each have a white stripe that stretches from the shoulders to the thighs. The eyes are fairly large and have white lines around them. The pinnae is small. The tail is flattened on the back and underside and is cover with white hair and 2 black bands at the base.
he Cape ground squirrel (Xerus inauris) is found in most of the drier parts of southern Africa from South Africa, through to Botswana, and into Namibia.
Location Data GPS tagged.
Well, I also make mistakes in IDs, everyone can make a mistake. The important fact is that is a precious spotting and that we thank you for sharing it with us in Project Noah :-)
Thank you so much, Marta and Forest Dragon, this was a bad mistake. I was blind on my eyes and brain. Will immediately correct this.
Lovely series Benno, but as Forest Dragon has suggested this is a ground squirrel and not a meerkat.
Spotted on Aug 1, 2014
Submitted on Aug 1, 2014
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