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| African giant squirrel | |
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| Forest giant squirrel (Protoxerus stangeri) | |
| Scientific classification 👁 Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Tribe: | Protoxerini |
| Genus: | Forsyth Major, 1893 |
| Type species | |
| Sciurus stangeri Waterhouse, 1842
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| 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
[edit]- ^ a b Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
