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 princeps (Thomas, 1929) . Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1929:106 . TYPE LOCALITY: N Namibia , C Koakoveld, Otjitundua . DISTRIBUTION: W Namibia , S Angola , restricted to the Kaokoland escarpment of Namibia and Angola as far north as 14°10'S 16°0'E . COMMENTS: Subgenus Geosciurus . Distinction from X. inauris supported by minor chromosomal differences reported by Robinson et al. (1986) .