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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]
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]
Subgenus Protoxerus - forest giant squirrel or Stanger's squirrel, P. stangeri
Subgenus Allosciurus - slender-tailed squirrel, P. aubinnii
^ abWilson, 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.
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