Ann & Steve Toon / Ground squirrel (Xerus inauris) suckling young, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa.

Ann & Steve Toon / Ground squirrels (Xerus inauris) mating, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa.

Ernie Janes / Cape ground squirrel (Xerus inauris) Namibia

Ann & Steve Toon / Young ground squirrels (Xerus inauris) fighting, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa, January.

Ann & Steve Toon / Young ground squirrels (Xerus inauris) fighting, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa, January.

Ann & Steve Toon / Leopard (Panthera pardus) female with ground squirrel (Xerus inauris) it has just caught, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa.

Ann & Steve Toon / Ground squirrels (Xerus inauris) interacting, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa, January.

Ann & Steve Toon / Young Ground squirrels (Xerus inauris) interacting, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa, January.

Ann & Steve Toon / Young ground squirrels (Xerus inauris), Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa, January.

Francois Savigny / African ground squirrel {Xerus sp} pregnant female uses tail for shade Kalahari Gemsbok NP S Africa

Francois Savigny / African wild cat (Felis sylvestris libyca) stalking Ground squirrel (Xerus sp.). Kalahari Gemsbok NP, South Africa

Francois Savigny / African wild cat waits by Ground squirrel burrow, Kalahari Gemsbok NP, Southern Africa