Xerus inauris (Zimmermann, 1780) . Geogr. Gesch. Mensch. Vierf. Thiere, 2:344.

TYPE LOCALITY: South Africa, Kaffirland, 100 mi. (161 km) N. of Cape of Good Hope .

DISTRIBUTION: South Africa; S. Namibia; Botswana; W. Zimbabwe.

COMMENT: Subgenus Geosciurus; see Ellerman, 1940:422, and Amtmann, 1975, Part 6.1:2. Moore, 1959, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 118:153-206, considered Geosciurus a distinct genus.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410002038002001.