{{Short description|Genus of rodents}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Xerus inauris.jpg | image_caption = Cape ground squirrel (''Geosciurus inauris'') | taxon = Geosciurus | authority = A. Smith, 1834 | type_species = ''Sciurus capensis'' | type_species_authority = Kerr, 1792<br />(= ''Sciurus inauris'' Zimmermann, 1780) | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = 2 sp., see text }} The genus '''''Geosciurus''''' of African ground squirrels are found in most of the drier parts of southern Africa from South Africa, through to Botswana, and into Namibia.
== Species == {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Scientific name !! Common name !! Distribution |- |120px ||''Geosciurus inauris'' <small>(Zimmermann, 1780)</small>|| Cape ground squirrel|| southern Africa from South Africa, through to Botswana, and into Namibia, including Etosha National Park. |- |120px ||''Geosciurus princeps'' <small>Thomas, 1929</small>|| Mountain ground squirrel||southern Angola to southern Namibia and as far south as Richtersveld National Park. |- |}
==References== {{Reflist}} * [https://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=12400708 ''Geosciurus''], Mammals Species of the World
{{Sciuromorpha|state=collapsed}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q16948346}}
Category:Geosciurus Category:Fauna of South Africa Category:Taxa named by Andrew Smith (zoologist) Category:Rodent genera