African giant squirrel

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iAfrican Giant Squirrels
Fossil range: Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Tribe: Protoxerini
Genus: Protoxerus
Forsyth Major, 1893
Species

Protoxerus aubinnii
Protoxerus stangeri

African Giant Squirrels (genus Protoxerus) form a taxon of squirrels under the subfamily Sciurinae. They are only found in Africa.


There are two species of African giant squirrels:

  • Slender-tailed Squirrel, Protoxerus aubinnii
  • Forest Giant Squirrel or Stanger's Squirrel, Protoxerus stangeri
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