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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).

Subtaxa

Epixerus, Funisciurus, Heliosciurus, Kubwaxerus, Myosciurus, Paraxerus, Protoxerus

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
2003	Protoxerini Mercer and Roth

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()

Rank	Name	Author
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Euarchontoglires	Murphy et al. 2001
—	Gliriformes	Wyss and Meng 1996
—	Glires	()
—	Simplicidentata	()
order	Rodentia	Bowdich 1821
superfamily	Sciuroidea
family	Sciuridae
tribe	Protoxerini
tribe	Protoxerini

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. Protoxerini

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G. Epixerus Thomas 1909 [Splendid-tailed Squirrel]

G. Funisciurus Trouessart 1880 [Rope Squirrel]

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Funisciurus akka de Winton 1895

Funisciurus alexandri Thomas and Wroughton 1907

Funisciurus anerythrus Thomas 1890

Funisciurus pyrropus Cuvier 1833

G. Heliosciurus Trouessart 1880 [Sun Squirrel]

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Heliosciurus rufobrachium Waterhouse 1842