Personal Notes Have collected the Damara Ground Squirrel on Zimberstein Farm, near Windhoek S.W. Africa, as well as at Dullie, in the Central Kalahari. They are common in the open plains of South West Africa, and Bechuanaland - See them as you drive along in the Day time. They are usually found in Colonies, At South West they often make their interconnected burrows in low bushes. They feed out from their burrows, but never go far from their covers. At any disturbance they set up on their hind legs - and scamper off rapidly when approached too close. They are easily caught by placing a small steel trap in their runway. According to my observations they do not depend on water to survive. They seem to get all their moisture from succulent plants.