Damara Ground Squirrel
Xerus princeps
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassMammalia (Mamífers)
- OrderRodentia (Rosegadors)
- FamilySciuridae (Squirrels)
- GenusXerus
- SpeciesXerus princeps (Damara Ground Squirrel)
Closest Relatives at Namib-Naukluft National Park
Cape Ground Squirrel
Xerus inauris
Dassie Rat
Petromus typicus
Cape Four-striped Grass Mouse
Rhabdomys pumilio
Cape Porcupine
Hystrix africaeaustralis
Black-tailed Tree Rat
Thallomys nigricauda
Hairy-footed Gerbil
Gerbillurus paeba
Bushveld Gerbil
Gerbilliscus leucogaster
Brants's Whistling Rat
Parotomys brantsii
Gerbil Mouse
Malacothrix typica
Littledale's Whistling Rat
Parotomys littledalei
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Damara Ground Squirrel at Namib-Naukluft National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
🕐 When They’re Spotted
Sightings of Damara Ground Squirrel are recorded here, but fewer than 5 of them carry a time of day in GBIF — sighting probability uses whole days, so it is unaffected. The hourly pattern needs timestamps we don't have yet.
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Namib-Naukluft National Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia |
More parks will be added in future updates.