African giant squirrel
Genus of rodents
African giant squirrel | |
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Forest giant squirrel (Protoxerus stangeri) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Sciuridae |
Tribe: | Protoxerini |
Genus: | Protoxerus Forsyth Major, 1893 |
Type species | |
Sciurus stangeri | |
Species[1] | |
Protoxerus stangeri |
African giant squirrels (genus Protoxerus) form a taxon of squirrels under the subfamily Xerinae. They are only found in Africa.
The two subgenera of African giant squirrels each has a single species:[1]
- Subgenus Protoxerus - forest giant squirrel or Stanger's squirrel, P. stangeri
- Subgenus Allosciurus - slender-tailed squirrel, P. aubinnii
References
- ^ a b Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Rodentia
- Suborder: Sciuromorpha
Atlantoxerus |
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Spermophilopsis |
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Xerus (African ground squirrels) |
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Epixerus |
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Funisciurus (African striped squirrels) |
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Heliosciurus (sun squirrels) |
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Myosciurus |
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Paraxerus (African bush squirrels) |
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Protoxerus (African giant squirrels) |
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(ground squirrels)
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