scholarly journals A male Cape Ground Squirrel, Xerus inauris, grooming under the midday sun in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa. Note the long whiskers (vibrissae) and the small ears, anatomical features which are very likely to be put in relation with the sq

Ethology ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 120 (12) ◽  
pp. i-i
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Ground Squirrel ◽  
Anatomical Features ◽  
Xerus Inauris ◽  
Cape Ground Squirrel

scholarly journals Reproductive delay in the female Cape ground squirrel (Xerus inauris)

2011 ◽  
Vol 92 (2) ◽  
pp. 378-386 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. A. Pettitt ◽  
J. M. Waterman
Keyword(s):  
Ground Squirrel ◽  
Xerus Inauris ◽  
Cape Ground Squirrel

Winter body temperature patterns in free-ranging Cape ground squirrel, Xerus inauris: no evidence for torpor

2010 ◽  
Vol 180 (7) ◽  
pp. 1099-1110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wendy A. Wilson ◽  
M. Justin O’Riain ◽  
Robyn S. Hetem ◽  
Andrea Fuller ◽  
Linda G. Fick
Keyword(s):  
Body Temperature ◽  
Ground Squirrel ◽  
Xerus Inauris ◽  
Cape Ground Squirrel ◽  
Free Ranging

scholarly journals Energetic costs of parasitism in the Cape ground squirrel Xerus inauris

2007 ◽  
Vol 274 (1622) ◽  
pp. 2169-2177 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Scantlebury ◽  
J.M Waterman ◽  
M Hillegass ◽  
J.R Speakman ◽  
N.C Bennett
Keyword(s):  
Ground Squirrel ◽  
Energetic Costs ◽  
Xerus Inauris ◽  
Cape Ground Squirrel

The Parasol Tail and Thermoregulatory Behavior of the Cape Ground Squirrel Xerus inauris

1984 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albert F. Bennett ◽  
Raymond B. Huey ◽  
Henry John-Alder ◽  
Kenneth A. Nagy
Keyword(s):  
Ground Squirrel ◽  
Thermoregulatory Behavior ◽  
Xerus Inauris ◽  
Cape Ground Squirrel

The Social Organization of the Cape Ground Squirrel (Xerus inauris; Rodentia: Sciuridae)

Ethology ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 101 (2) ◽  
pp. 130-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane M. Waterman
Keyword(s):  
Social Organization ◽  
Ground Squirrel ◽  
Xerus Inauris ◽  
The Social ◽  
Cape Ground Squirrel

scholarly journals Anti-snake behaviour in a facultative cooperative breeder, the Cape ground squirrel

Behaviour ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 151 (12-13) ◽  
pp. 1735-1758 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.A. Phillips ◽  
J.M. Waterman
Keyword(s):  
Ground Squirrel ◽  
Alloparental Care ◽  
Maternal Behaviour ◽  
Potential Predator ◽  
Venomous Snakes ◽  
Xerus Inauris ◽  
Risk Of Predation ◽  
Group Members ◽  
Cape Ground Squirrel ◽  
Snake Predators

Predator harassment is an anti-predator behaviour that may increase an individual’s risk of predation, as individuals approach, threaten and harass a potential predator, yet this behaviour is still not well understood. The Cape ground squirrel (Xerus inauris) is a highly social facultative cooperative breeder from southern Africa that harasses several species of venomous snakes. We examined whether harassment was part of alloparental care by comparing harassment behaviours among different age and sex classes in Cape ground squirrel social groups. We also assessed how individuals adjusted their behaviour dependent on levels of risk by examining the Cape ground squirrel’s harassment behaviour among non-venomous, and two species of venomous snakes. We found adult females with emerged juvenile offspring took the most risk, harassing for longer durations and at higher intensities than other group members, suggesting that snake harassment was a maternal behaviour. Females with juvenile offspring only harassed the highest risk elapid snake but increased vigilance and inspection with increasing snake risk suggesting that the Cape ground squirrel can discriminate between different types of snake predators.

scholarly journals Mapping the Landscape of Fear of the Cape Ground Squirrel (Xerus inauris)

2008 ◽  
Vol 89 (5) ◽  
pp. 1162-1169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marius van der Merwe ◽  
Joel S. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Ground Squirrel ◽  
Landscape Of Fear ◽  
Xerus Inauris ◽  
Cape Ground Squirrel

Behavioural correlates of urbanisation in the Cape ground squirrel Xerus inauris

2012 ◽  
Vol 99 (11) ◽  
pp. 893-902 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tarryn Chapman ◽  
Tasmin Rymer ◽  
Neville Pillay
Keyword(s):  
Ground Squirrel ◽  
Xerus Inauris ◽  
Cape Ground Squirrel

scholarly journals Determination of an optimal dose of medetomidine-ketamine-buprenorphine for anaesthesia in the Cape ground squirrel (Xerus inauris)

2011 ◽  
Vol 82 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
K. E. Joubert ◽  
T. Serfontein ◽  
M. Scantlebury ◽  
M B Manjerovic ◽  
P. W. Bateman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ground Squirrel ◽  
Abdominal Cavity ◽  
Optimal Dose ◽  
Ground Squirrels ◽  
Temperature Logger ◽  
Xerus Inauris ◽  
Cape Ground Squirrel ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Surgical Implantation

The optimal dose of medetomidine-ketamine-buprenorphine was determined in 25 Cape ground squirrels (Xerus inauris) undergoing surgical implantation of a temperature logger into the abdominal cavity. At the end of anaesthesia, the squirrels were given atipamezole intramuscularly to reverse the effects of medetomidine. The mean dose of medetomidine was 67.6±9.2 μg/kg, ketamine 13.6±1.9 mg/kg and buprenorphine 0.5±0.06 μg/kg. Induction time was 3.1 ± 1.4 min. This produced surgical anaesthesia for 21± 4.2 min. Atipamezole 232±92 μg/kg produced a rapid recovery. Squirrels were sternally recumbent in 3.5 ± 2.2 min.

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