The Protoxerini comprise a
tribe
The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in part due to confl ...
of
squirrels found in
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
. The 30 species in six genera are:
[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.]
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Epixerus'' (
monotypic
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...
) - Ebian's palm squirrel
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Funisciurus'' (nine species) - African striped squirrels
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Heliosciurus'' (six species) - sun squirrels
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Myosciurus'' (monotypic) - African pygmy squirrel
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Paraxerus'' (11 species) - African bush squirrels
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Protoxerus'' (two species) - African giant squirrels
References
Protoxerini
Mammal tribes
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