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Xerini

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Taxonomy
Xerini is a tribe. It is extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Xerini 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
tribeXerini
tribeXerini

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.

Tr. Xerini
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G. Atlantoxerus Major 1893
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†Atlantoxerus blacki de Bruijn 1967
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Invalid names: Atlantoxerus idubedensis Cuenca Bescós 1988 [synonym]
Atlantoxerus getulus Linnaeus 1758 [Barbary ground squirrel]
†Atlantoxerus rhodius de Bruijn et al. 1970
Invalid names: Getuloxerus Lavocat 1961 [replaced]
G. Spermophilopsis Blasius 1884 [long-clawed ground squirrel]
G. Xerus Hemprich and Ehrenberg 1833 [African ground squirrel]
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Xerus inauris Zimmermann 1893 [Cape ground squirrel]
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Invalid names: Myoxus africanus Shaw 1801 [objective synonym], Sciurus capensis Kerr 1792 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available