Biology:African giant squirrel
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Short description: Genus of rodents
African giant squirrels | |
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Forest giant squirrel (Protoxerus stangeri) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
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] | |
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]
- Subgenus Protoxerus - forest giant squirrel or Stanger's squirrel, P. stangeri
- Subgenus Allosciurus - slender-tailed squirrel, P. aubinnii
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M., eds (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=12400872.
Wikidata ☰ Q297215 entry
![]() | Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African giant squirrel.
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