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Cape ground squirrel
The 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.
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.
==Description==
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.〔Skurski, D., J. Waterman. 2005. "Xerus inauris", ''Mammalian Species'' 781:1-4.〕 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.〔Skinner J. D., R. H. N. Smithers. 1990. ''The mammals of southern African subregion'', University of Pretoria.〕 The Cape ground's sexual dimorphism is subtle. Males usually weighing 8-12% more than females, with the former weighing and the latter weighing .〔Lynch C. D. 1983. "The mammals of the Orange Free State", ''Memoirs van die Nasionale Museum'' 18:58-60.〕 The Cape ground squirrel has a total length of for males and for females.〔 The dental formula of the ground squirrel is .〔Zumpt I. F. 1970. "The ground squirrel", ''African Wild Life'' 24:115-121.〕 The belly and groin area of the females each have two pairs of mammary glands. The glans penis of the males are large with a prominent baculum.〔 This species is notable for its enlarged testes which are around 20% of the length of the head and body.〔 Molting occurs between August and September and between March and April, once per year.〔
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