Xerinae

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Xerinae

South African Ground Squirrel (Xerus inauris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Sciuridae
Subfamily:	Xerinae Osborn, 1910
Tribes & Genera
Xerini Atlantoxerus Spermophilopsis Xerus Protoxerini Epixerus Funisciurus Heliosciurus Myosciurus Paraxerus Protoxerus Marmotini Ammospermophilus Callospermophilus Cynomys Eutamias Ictidomys Marmota Neotamias Notocitellus Otospermophilus Poliocitellus Sciurotamias Spermophilus Tamias Urocitellus Xerospermophilus

Xerinae is a subfamily of squirrels, many of which are highly terrestrial. It includes the tribes Marmotini (marmots, chipmunks, prairie dogs, and other Holarctic ground squirrels), Xerini (African and some Eurasian ground squirrels), and Protoxerini (African tree squirrels).

References

Thorington, R. W. and R. S. Hoffmann. 2005. Family Sciuridae. pp 754–818 in Wilson, E. D. and Reeder, D. M. (eds.), Mammal Species of the World A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Vol. 2. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.

Extant species of family Sciuridae (subfamily Xerinae)

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Sciuromorpha

Xerini

Atlantoxerus	Barbary Ground Squirrel (Atlantoxerus getulus)

Xerus (African ground squirrels)	Subgenus Euxerus: Striped Ground Squirrel (Xerus erythropus) Subgenus Geosciurus: Cape Ground Squirrel (Xerus inauris) Mountain Ground Squirrel (Xerus princeps) Subgenus Xerus: Unstriped Ground Squirrel (Xerus rutilus)

Spermophilopsis	Long-clawed Ground Squirrel (Spermophilopsis leptodactylus)

Protoxerini

Epixerus	Ebian's Palm Squirrel (Epixerus ebii) Baifran Palm Squirrel (Epixerus wilsoni)

Funisciurus (African striped squirrels)	Thomas's Rope Squirrel (Funisciurus anerythrus) Lunda Rope Squirrel (Funisciurus bayonii) Carruther's Mountain Squirrel (Funisciurus carruthersi) Funisciurus congicus Lady Burton's Rope Squirrel (Funisciurus isabella) Ribboned Rope Squirrel (Funisciurus lemniscatus) Red-cheeked Rope Squirrel (Funisciurus leucogenys) Funisciurus pyrrhopus Kintampo Rope Squirrel (Funisciurus substriatus)

Heliosciurus (Sun squirrels)	Gambian Sun Squirrel (Heliosciurus gambianus) Mutable Sun Squirrel (Heliosciurus mutabilis) Red-legged Sun Squirrel (Heliosciurus rufobrachium) Ruwenzori Sun Squirrel (Heliosciurus ruwenzorii) Zanj Sun Squirrel (Heliosciurus undulatus)

Myosciurus	African Pygmy Squirrel (Myosciurus pumilio)

Paraxerus (African bush squirrels)	Smith's Bush Squirrel (Paraxerus cepapi) African Red Bush Squirrel (Paraxerus luciferus) Alexander's Bush Squirrel (Paraxerus alexandri) Boehm's Bush Squirrel (Paraxerus boehmi) Cooper's Green Squirrel (Paraxerus cooperi) Fernando Po Squirrel (Paraxerus poensis) Huet's Bush Squirrel (Paraxerus ochraceus) Red Bush Squirrel (Paraxerus palliatus) Striped Bush Squirrel (Paraxerus flavovittis) Swynnerton's Bush Squirrel (Paraxerus vexillarius) Vincent's Bush Squirrel (Paraxerus vincenti)

Protoxerus (African giant squirrels)	Slender-tailed squirrel (Protoxerus aubinnii) Forest Giant Squirrel (Protoxerus stangeri)

Marmotini
(Ground squirrels)

Large tribe listed separately

Category

v t e Living species of tribe Marmotini (ground squirrels)

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Suborder: Sciuromorpha Family: Sciuridae Subfamily: Xerinae

Ammospermophilus (antelope squirrels)	Harris's antelope squirrel (A. harrisii) Espíritu Santo antelope squirrel (A. insularis) Texas antelope squirrel (A. interpres) White-tailed antelope squirrel (A. leucurus) San Joaquin antelope squirrel (A. nelsoni)

Callospermophilus (golden-mantled ground squirrels)	Golden-mantled ground squirrel (C. lateralis) Sierra Madre ground squirrel (C. madrensis) Cascade golden-mantled ground squirrel (C. saturatus)

Cynomys (prairie dogs)	Gunnison's prairie dog (C. gunnisoni) White-tailed prairie dog (C. leucurus) Black-tailed prairie dog (C. ludovicianus) Mexican prairie dog (C. mexicanus) Utah prairie dog (C. parvidens)

Eutamias	Siberian chipmunk (E. sibiricus)

Ictidomys (little ground squirrels)	Mexican ground squirrel (I. mexicanus) I. parvidens Thirteen-lined ground squirrel (I. tridecemlineatus)

Marmota (marmots)	Subgenus Marmota: Gray marmot (M. baibacina) Bobak marmot (M. bobak) Alaska marmot (M. broweri) Black-capped marmot (M. camtschatica) Long-tailed marmot (M. caudata) Himalayan marmot (M. himalayana) Alpine marmot (M. marmota) Menzbier's marmot (M. menzbieri) Groundhog or woodchuck (M. monax) Tarbagan marmot (M. sibirica) Subgenus Petromarmota: Hoary marmot (M. caligata) Yellow-bellied marmot (M. flaviventris) Olympic marmot (M. olympus) Vancouver Island marmot (M. vancouverensis)

Neotamias (western chipmunks)	Alpine chipmunk (N. alpinus) Yellow-pine chipmunk (N. amoenus) Buller's chipmunk (N. bulleri) Gray-footed chipmunk (N. canipes) Gray-collared chipmunk (N. cinereicollis) Cliff chipmunk (N. dorsalis) Durango chipmunk (N. durangae) Merriam's chipmunk (N. merriami) Least chipmunk (N. minimus) California chipmunk (N. obscurus) Yellow-cheeked chipmunk (N. ochrogenys) Palmer's chipmunk (N. palmeri) Panamint chipmunk (N. panamintinus) Long-eared chipmunk (N. quadrimaculatus) Colorado chipmunk (N. quadrivittatus) Red-tailed chipmunk (N. ruficaudus) Hopi chipmunk (N. rufus) Allen's chipmunk (N. senex) Siskiyou chipmunk (N. siskiyou) Sonoma chipmunk (N. sonomae) Lodgepole chipmunk (N. speciosus) Townsend's chipmunk (N. townsendii) Uinta chipmunk (N. umbrinus)

Notocitellus	Tropical ground squirrel (N. adocetus) Ring-tailed ground squirrel (N. annulatus)

Otospermophilus (rock squirrels)	Baja California rock squirrel (O. atricapillus) California ground squirrel (O. beecheyi) Rock squirrel (O. variegatus)

Poliocitellus	Franklin's ground squirrel (P. franklinii)

Sciurotamias (Asian rock squirrels)	Pére David's rock squirrel (S. davidianus) Forrest's rock squirrel (S. forresti)

Spermophilus sensu stricto (Old World ground squirrels)	Alashan ground squirrel (S. alashanicus) S. brevicauda European ground squirrel (S. citellus) Daurian ground squirrel (S. dauricus) Red-cheeked ground squirrel (S. erythrogenys) Yellow ground squirrel (S. fulvus) Russet ground squirrel (S. major) S. pallicauda Little ground squirrel (S. pygmaeus) S. ralli S. relictus Speckled ground squirrel (Spermophilus suslicus) Taurus ground squirrel (Spermophilus taurensis) Asia Minor ground squirrel (Spermophilus xanthoprymnus)

Tamias	Eastern chipmunk (T. striatus)

Urocitellus (Holarctic ground squirrels)	Uinta ground squirrel (U. armatus) Belding's ground squirrel (U. beldingi) Idaho ground squirrel (U. brunneus) Merriam's ground squirrel (U. canus) Columbian ground squirrel (U. columbianus) Wyoming ground squirrel (U. elegans) Piute ground squirrel (U. mollis) Arctic ground squirrel (U. parryii) Richardson's ground squirrel (U. richardsonii) Townsend's ground squirrel (U. townsendii) Washington ground squirrel (U. washingtoni) Long-tailed ground squirrel (U. undulatus)

Xerospermophilus (pygmy ground squirrels)	Mohave ground squirrel (X. mohavensis) Perote ground squirrel (X. perotensis) Spotted ground squirrel (X. spilosoma) Round-tailed ground squirrel (X. tereticaudus)

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