Mountain ground squirrel: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the mountain ground squirrel lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Xerus princeps
Group	Squirrels, chipmunks & marmots
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Africa
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Sciuridae

Where does the mountain ground squirrel live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the mountain ground squirrel in 1 country or territory across Africa.

Namibia

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the mountain ground squirrel endangered?

The mountain ground squirrel’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the mountain ground squirrel?

The mountain ground squirrel (Xerus princeps) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Sciuridae, genus Xerus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the mountain ground squirrel

The mountain ground squirrel (Geosciurus princeps) is a rodent that is native to southwestern Angola, western Namibia, and western South Africa. It is also known as the Kaoko ground squirrel or the Damara ground squirrel.

It is the closest relative of the Cape ground squirrel (Latin name Geosciurus inauris), which is so similar in appearance that the two are difficult to distinguish in the field. Both species have long bushy black and white tails with a white stripe from the shoulder towards the rump. Geosciurus princeps is slightly larger, on average, than G. inauris, although there is considerable overlap in body size. Differences in skull morphology also distinguish the two species, and the incisors are yellow to orange rather than white as in G. inauris.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Mountain ground squirrel (revision 1315114613), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1765019 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).