Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Parent taxon: Sciuridae according to M. C. McKenna and S. K. Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Albanensia, Blackiini, Callosciurini, Cedromurinae, Comtia, Cynomyoides, Douglassciurus, Forsythia, Funambulini, Hesperopetes, Heteroxerus, Marmotini, Nototamias, Oligosciurus, Palaeosciurus, Parapaenemarmota, Perasciuravus, Petauria, Petauristodon, Pliopetaurista, Pliopetes, Pliosciuropterus, Prospermophilus, Protoxerini, Pteromyinae, Ratufini, Sciurillus, Sciurinae, Sciurini, Sciurion, Sciuropterus, Sciurotamias, Tamiasciurini, Xerini
Subtaxa: Vulcanisciurus africanus
Ecology: scansorial granivore-frugivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Kenya (2 collections), Namibia (1), Uganda (4)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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