African ground squirrel

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Xerini

Extant species of family Sciuridae (subfamily Xerinae)

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Sciuromorpha

Atlantoxerus	Barbary ground squirrel (Atlantoxerus getulus)
Spermophilopsis	Long-clawed ground squirrel (Spermophilopsis leptodactylus)
Xerus (African ground squirrels)	Subgenus Euxerus: Striped ground squirrel (Xerus erythropus) Subgenus Geosciurus: Cape ground squirrel (Xerus inauris) Mountain ground squirrel (Xerus princeps) Subgenus Xerus: Unstriped ground squirrel (Xerus rutilus)

Epixerus	Ebian's palm squirrel (Epixerus ebii)
Funisciurus (African striped squirrels)	Thomas's rope squirrel (Funisciurus anerythrus) Lunda rope squirrel (Funisciurus bayonii) Carruther's mountain squirrel (Funisciurus carruthersi) Congo rope squirrel (Funisciurus congicus) Lady Burton's rope squirrel (Funisciurus isabella) Ribboned rope squirrel (Funisciurus lemniscatus) Red-cheeked rope squirrel (Funisciurus leucogenys) Fire-footed rope squirrel (Funisciurus pyrropus) Kintampo rope squirrel (Funisciurus substriatus)
Heliosciurus (sun squirrels)	Gambian sun squirrel (Heliosciurus gambianus) Mutable sun squirrel (Heliosciurus mutabilis) Small sun squirrel (Heliosciurus punctatus) Red-legged sun squirrel (Heliosciurus rufobrachium) Ruwenzori sun squirrel (Heliosciurus ruwenzorii) Zanj sun squirrel (Heliosciurus undulatus)
Myosciurus	African pygmy squirrel (Myosciurus pumilio)
Paraxerus (African bush squirrels)	Alexander's bush squirrel (Paraxerus alexandri) Boehm's bush squirrel (Paraxerus boehmi) Smith's bush squirrel (Paraxerus cepapi) Cooper's mountain squirrel (Paraxerus cooperi) Striped bush squirrel (Paraxerus flavovittis) African red bush squirrel (Paraxerus lucifer) Ochre bush squirrel (Paraxerus ochraceus) Red bush squirrel (Paraxerus palliatus) Green bush squirrel (Paraxerus poensis) Swynnerton's bush squirrel (Paraxerus vexillarius) Vincent's bush squirrel (Paraxerus vincenti)
Protoxerus (African giant squirrels)	Slender-tailed squirrel (Protoxerus aubinnii) Forest giant squirrel (Protoxerus stangeri)

Marmotini
(ground squirrels)

Large tribe listed separately

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Taxon identifiers
Xerus	Wikidata: Q284816 Wikispecies: Xerus BioLib: 35169 BOLD: 475800 CoL: 897D EoL: 111048 GBIF: 2437453 iNaturalist: 46205 IRMNG: 1435741 ITIS: 632309 MSW: 12400705 NCBI: 226859 Open Tree of Life: 327766 Paleobiology Database: 41532