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Genus of rodents From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
African giant squirrels (genus Protoxerus) form a taxon of squirrels under the subfamily Xerinae. They are only found in Africa.
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African giant squirrel | |
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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] | |
The two subgenera of African giant squirrels each has a single species:[1]
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