Laurent Geslin / Two Striped ground squirrels {Xerus erythropus} Kalahari Gemsbok NP, Namibia. Kgalagadi

Laurent Geslin / Striped ground squirrel {Xerus erythropus} feeding on desert melon, Namibia.

Laurent Geslin / Striped ground squirrel at entrance to burrow {Xerus erythropus} Namibia Kalahari

Tui De Roy / Striped Ground Squirrel (Xerus erythropus) using tail to shade itself, Mpala Research Centre, Kenya

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Three striped ground squirrel {Lariscus insignis}, Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia.

Richard Du Toit / Striped Ground Squirrel (Xerus erythropus) using it's tail as shade, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Striped Ground Squirrel (Xerus erythropus) using it's tail as shade, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Striped Ground Squirrel (Xerus erythropus) pair, one using it's tail as shade, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa

David Pike / Three-striped Ground Squirrel (Lariscus insignis), Tanjung Puting National Park, Kalimantan, Indonesia

Richard Du Toit / Striped Ground Squirrel (Xerus erythropus) standing, Kgalagadi Transfrontier National Park, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Striped Ground Squirrel (Xerus erythropus) playing around burrow, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Striped Ground Squirrel (Xerus erythropus), Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Striped ground squirrel {Xerus erythropus} feeding on fruit, Gemsbok NP, Kalahari, South Africa.

Richard Du Toit / Striped ground squirrel {Xerus erythropus} eating amongst little devil flowers, Kalahari, South Africa.

Richard Du Toit / Striped Ground Squirrel {Xerus erythropus} standing on rear legs, Gemsbok NP, Kalahari, South Africa.

Mike Wilkes / Striped ground squirrel {Xerus erythropus} drinking, Gambia

John Downer / Five striped ground squirrel {Tamiops sp} feeding, India

Gerry Ellis / Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel (Callospermophilus lateralis) eating pine cone, North America

Richard Du Toit / Striped Ground Squirrel (Xerus erythropus) feeding. South Africa. Kalahari Gemsbok NP summer. Little Devil Flowers (Tribulus terrestris)

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / African striped ground squirrel (Euxerus erythropus) portrait, Arabian Wildlife Centre. Captive, occurs in Africa.

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / African striped ground squirrel (Euxerus erythropus) portrait, Arabian Wildlife Centre. Captive, occurs in Africa.

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / African striped ground squirrel (Euxerus erythropus) portrait, Arabian Wildlife Centre. Captive, occurs in Africa.

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Striped ground squirrel (Euxerus erythropus ssp.) looking around, Arabia's Wildlife Centre in Sharjah. Captive.