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African Tree Squirrels
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African Tree Squirrels

Protoxerini

The Protoxerini comprise a tribe of squirrels found in Africa. The 30 species in six genera are:

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6 branches of this tribe, most-observed first · about 31 known species

Bush Squirrels

genusParaxerus

Sun Squirrels

genusHeliosciurus

Rope Squirrels

genusFunisciurus

Forest Giant Squirrels

genusProtoxerus

Epixerus

genusEpixerus

Myosciurus

genusMyosciurus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 339573.