Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae Author Robert S. Hoffmann Author Charles G. Anderson text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 419 465 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353130 1-56098-217-9 7353130 Xerus inauris (Zimmermann, 1780) . Geogr. Gesch. Mensch. Vierf. Thiere, 2:344 . TYPE LOCALITY: South Africa , Kaffirland, 100 mi. ( 160 km ) N of Cape of Good Hope. "Bewohnt die Cafferen, über hundert Meilen nordwärts des Vorgebürges der guten Hofnung... " . DISTRIBUTION: S Angola , Namibia , Botswana , W Zimbabwe , South Africa . SYNONYMS: africanus (Shaw, 1801); capensis ( Kerr, 1792 ); dschinshicus (Gmelin, 1788); ginginianus (Shaw, 1801); levaillantii (Kuhl, 1820); namaquensis (Lichtenstein, 1793); setosus (Smuts, 1832) . COMMENTS: Subgenus Geosciurus . Distinction from X. princeps supported by minor chromosomal differences reported by Robinson et al. (1986) .