CLASSIFICATION OF ANIMALS 



Represented in South Africa by Ground Squirrels and typical 

 Tree Squirrels. 



Tail more or less bushy ; skull with postorbital processes ; palate 

 broad ; molar teeth rooted and in the young always bear tubercles 

 on the crowns. In the adults these tubercles are usually worn 

 down and converted into deep plates separated by clefts extending 

 partially across the crown. 



This family is cosmopolitan in its range, with the exception of 

 Madagascar and Australasia. 



South African species 



I. Geosciurus capensis, Kerr. The Ground Squirrel. Ann. 

 Mag. Nat. Hist. (8), 3 (Thomas), p. 467 (1909), (Xerus of 

 Sclater). 



1. Paraxerus cepapi typica, A. Smith. Grey-footed Squirrel. 



2. Paraxerus cepapi sindi, Thos. and Wrought. P.Z.S., 1908, 



P- 543- 



3. Paraxerus cepapi soccatus, Wrought. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 



(8), 3, P- 515 (i99)- 



4. Paraxerus sponsus, Thos. and Wrought. P.Z.S., 1907, p. 292. 



5. Paraxerus palliatus typicus, Pet. Red-headed Squirrel. 



6. Paraxerus palliatus ornatus, Gray. P.Z.S., 1864, p. 13, pi. i. 



7. Paraxerus palliatus swynnertoni, Wrought. Ann. and Mag. 



Nat. Hist. (8), i. p. 305 (1908). 



1. Heliosciurus mutabilis, Pet. 



2. Heliosciurus mutabilis beiree, Roberts. Ann. Trans. Mus., iv. 



1913, p. 78. 



3. Heliosciurus mutabilis chirindensis, Roberts. Ann. Trans. 



Mus., iv. 1913, p. 78. 



I. Funisciurus congicus, Kuhl. Western Striped Squirrel. 

 i. Sciurus carolinensis (introduced). The Grey Squirrel. 



Division : MYOMORPHA 

 Family : GLIRID^E 



(The Dormouse) 



Small rat-like tree-dwelling animals with long hairy tails ; large 

 ears and eyes and short fore limbs. 



They differ from the Sciuridae in the following ways 



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