South African Ground Squirrel

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.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of South African Ground Squirrel being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Euxerus erythropus
• Ammospermophilus nelsoni
• Xerospermophilus tereticaudus
• Atlantoxerus getulus
• Xerospermophilus spilosoma

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Sciuridae

Genus

Geosciurus

Species

Geosciurus inauris

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