Biology:African giant squirrel

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Short description: Genus of rodents

African giant squirrels
Temporal range: Recent
African giant squirrel.jpg
Forest giant squirrel (Protoxerus stangeri)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Tribe: Protoxerini
Genus: Protoxerus
Forsyth Major, 1893
Type species
Sciurus stangeri
Species[1]

Protoxerus stangeri
Protoxerus aubinnii

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

The two subgenera of African giant squirrels each has a single species:[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q297215 entry