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Protoxerini

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Taxonomy
Protoxerini is a tribe. It is extant.

It was assigned to Sciuridae by Mercer and Roth (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Protoxerini Mercer and Roth

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
superfamilySciuroidea
familySciuridae
tribeProtoxerini
tribeProtoxerini

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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G. Epixerus Thomas 1909 [Splendid-tailed Squirrel]
G. Funisciurus Trouessart 1880 [Rope Squirrel]
G. Heliosciurus Trouessart 1880 [Sun Squirrel]
G. Myosciurus Thojmas 1909
G. Paraxerus Forsyth Major 1893 [African Bush Squirrel]
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Paraxerus palliatus Peters 1852 [red bush squirrel]
Paraxerus palliatus sponsus Thomas and Wroughton 1907
G. Protoxerus Forsyth Major 1893 [African giant squirrel]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available