Pictures and facts about the African giant squirrels

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Animals / Mammals / Rodentia (1987) / Sciurognathi (1759) / Sciuridae (272) / Sciurinae (230) / Protoxerus (2)

Genus Protoxerus
contains 2 species

Slender-tailed squirrel

Forest giant squirrel

Subfamily Sciurinae contains 36 genera

Ammospermophilus (5 species)

Atlantoxerus (1 species)

Callosciurus (15 species)

Cynomys (5 species)

Dremomys (5 species)

Epixerus (2 species)

Exilisciurus (3 species)

Funambulus (5 species)

Funisciurus (9 species)

Glyphotes (1 species)

Heliosciurus (6 species)

Hyosciurus (2 species)

Lariscus (4 species)

Marmota (14 species)

Menetes (1 species)

Microsciurus (4 species)

Myosciurus (1 species)

Nannosciurus (1 species)

Paraxerus (11 species)

Prosciurillus (4 species)

Protoxerus (2 species)

Ratufa (4 species)

Rheithrosciurus (1 species)

Rhinosciurus (1 species)

Rubrisciurus (1 species)

Sciurillus (1 species)

Sciurotamias (2 species)

Sciurus (28 species)

Spermophilopsis (1 species)

Spermophilus (38 species)

Sundasciurus (15 species)

Syntheosciurus (1 species)

Tamias (25 species)

Tamiasciurus (3 species)

Tamiops (4 species)

Xerus (4 species)

Sciuridae
contains 2 subfamilies

Sciurinae (230 species)

Pteromyinae (42 species)

Sciurognathi contains 11 families

Aplodontidae (1 species)

Sciuridae (272 species)

Castoridae (2 species)

Geomyidae (35 species)

Heteromyidae (59 species)

Dipodidae (51 species)

Muridae (1300 species)

Anomaluridae (7 species)

Pedetidae (1 species)

Ctenodactylidae (5 species)

Myoxidae (26 species)

Order Rodentia
contains 2 suborders

Sciurognathi (1759 species)

Hystricognathi (228 species)

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