Xerini

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Xerini Temporal range: Early Oligocene - Recent

Xerus rutilus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Sciuridae
Subfamily:	Xerinae
Tribe:	Xerini Osborn, 1910
Genera
†Heteroxerus Atlantoxerus †Aragoxerus Xerus Spermophilopsis

Xerini is a tribe of ground squirrels occurring in Africa and Asia. With the tribes Marmotini (Holarctic ground squirrels) and Protoxerini (African tree squirrels), they form the subfamily Xerinae. There are three living genera—Xerus, the African ground squirrels; Atlantoxerus, containing the living Barbary ground squirrel of North Africa and some extinct species; and Spermophilopsis, containing the long-clawed ground squirrel of Central Asia.

Species

Tribe Xerini

Genus Atlantoxerus
- Barbary Ground Squirrel, Atlantoxerus getulus
Genus Xerus
- 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
Genus Spermophilopsis
- Long-clawed Ground Squirrel, Spermophilopsis leptodactylus

References

Thorington, R.W., Jr. and Hoffmann, R.S. 2005. Family Sciuridae. Pp. 754–818 in Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd ed. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols., 2142 pp. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0

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

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