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Xerinae

 
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Xerinae

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Subfamily: Xerinae
Osborn, 1910
Tribes & Genera

Xerini

Atlantoxerus
Spermophilopsis
Xerus

Protoxerini

Epixerus
Funisciurus
Heliosciurus
Myosciurus
Paraxerus
Protoxerus

Marmotini

Ammospermophilus
Cynomys
Marmota
Sciurotamias
Spermophilus
Tamias

Xerinae is a subfamily of squirrels, many of which are highly terrestrial.

References

  • Thorington, R. W. and R. S. Hoffmann. 2005. Family Sciuridae. Pp 754-818 in Wilson, E. D. and Reeder, D. M. (eds.), Mammal Species of the World A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Vol. 2. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.

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