Xerinae

Xerinae
	South African ground squirrel (Xerus inauris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Sciuridae
Subfamily:	Xerinae; Osborn, 1910
Tribes & genera
	Xerini; Atlantoxerus Euxerus Geosciurus 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

The Xerinae comprise 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).^[1]

Taxonomy

Tribe Xerini six species of ground squirrels in five genera, occurring in Africa and Asia.

Atlantoxerus

Euxerus

Geosciurus

Spermophilopsis

Xerus

Tribe Protoxerini thirty species of tree squirrels in six genera, occurring in Africa.

Epixerus

Funisciurus

Heliosciurus

Myosciurus

Paraxerus

Protoxerus

Tribe Marmotini ground squirrels in fifteen genera, occurring world wide. Includes the prairie dogs, the marmots (including woodchuck), and chipmunks.

Ammospermophilus

Callospermophilus

Cynomys

Eutamias

Ictidomys

Marmota

Neotamias

Notocitellus

Otospermophilus

Poliocitellus

Sciurotamias

Spermophilus

Tamias

Urocitellus

Xerospermophilus

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.

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[1] 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.

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Xerinae

South African ground squirrel (Xerus inauris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Sciuridae
Subfamily:	Xerinae Osborn, 1910
Tribes & genera
Xerini Atlantoxerus Euxerus Geosciurus 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