Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Parent taxon: Sciuridae according to J. M. Mercer and V. L. Roth 2003
Sister taxa: Albanensia, Arctomyoides, Blackiini, Callosciurini, Cedromurinae, Comtia, Cynomyoides, Douglassciurus, Forsythia, Funambulini, Hesperopetes, Heteroxerus, Marmotini, Miosciurus, Miospermophilus, Nototamias, Oligosciurus, Paenemarmota, Palaearctomys, Palaeosciurus, Parapaenemarmota, Paratamias, Petauristodon, Pliopetaurista, Pliopetes, Pliosciuropterus, Prospermophilus, Protosciurus, Protospermophilus, Pteromyinae, Ratufini, Sciurillus, Sciurinae, Sciurini, Sciurion, Sciuropterus, Sciurotamias, Tamiasciurini, Vulcanisciurus, Xerini
Subtaxa: Epixerus Funisciurus Heliosciurus Kubwaxerus Myosciurus Paraxerus Protoxerus
Ecology: scansorial granivore-frugivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Congo-Kinshasa (2 collections), Ethiopia (2), South Africa (2), Zambia (1)
• Pliocene of Ethiopia (1), Tanzania (3)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Ethiopia (1), Kenya (2)
• Miocene of Kenya (1)
Total: 15 collections including 19 occurrences