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Protoxerini

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Protoxerini
Gambian sun squirrel (Heliosciurus gambianus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Subfamily: Xerinae
Tribe: Protoxerini
Moore, 1959
Genera

Epixerus
Funisciurus
Heliosciurus
Myosciurus
Paraxerus
Protoxerus

The Protoxerini comprise a tribe of squirrels found in Africa. The 30 species in six genera are:[1]

References

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  1. ^ Thorington, R. W. and R. S. Hoffmann. 2005. Family Sciuridae. Pp 754–818 in Mammal Species of the World A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.