Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
Order Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 - rodents
Family Sciuridae Batsch, 1788 - squirrels, chipmunks, marmots, and prairie dogs
Subfamily Sciurinae Batsch, 1788 - tree and ground squirrels
Genus Xerus Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1832 - African ground squirrels
1 Xerus erythropus E. Geoffroy, 1803 - Geoffroy's ground squirrel
2 Xerus inauris (Zimmermann, 1780) - Cape ground squirrel
3 Xerus princeps Thomas, 1929 - Kaokoveld ground squirrel
4 Xerus rutilus (Cretzschmar, 1826) - unstriped ground squirrel