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).