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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—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]
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Funisciurus akka de Winton 1895
Funisciurus alexandri Thomas and Wroughton 1907
G. Heliosciurus Trouessart 1880 [Sun Squirrel]
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Heliosciurus rufobrachium Waterhouse 1842
G. †Kubwaxerus Cifelli et al. 1986
G. Myosciurus Thojmas 1909
G. Paraxerus Forsyth Major 1893 [African Bush Squirrel]
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Paraxerus boehmi Reichenow 1886
Paraxerus boehmi emini Stuhlman 1894
Paraxerus palliatus Peters 1852 [red bush squirrel]
Paraxerus palliatus sponsus Thomas and Wroughton 1907
G. Protoxerus Forsyth Major 1893 [African giant squirrel]
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Protoxerus stangeri Waterhouse 1842
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: granivoref
Diet 2: frugivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 13:04:24
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Messinian to the top of the Holocene or 7.24600 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Kenya Kubwaxerus pattersoni (22241)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.63 - 3.6Ethiopia Paraxerus sp. (22139)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.63 - 3.6Kenya Kubwaxerus pattersoni (22236)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.58Kenya Kubwaxerus pattersoni (22237)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Tanzania (Eastern Drift Valley) Paraxerus sp. (32050)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Ethiopia Paraxerus ochraceus (21546)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Tanzania Paraxerus sp. (21796 21811)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Ethiopia Paraxerus ochraceus (21545 21632)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Funisciurus sp., Protoxerus stangeri (22074)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129South Africa (Namaqualand) Paraxerus inuus (51188)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Paraxerus sp., Funisciurus sp., Protoxerus stangeri, Heliosciurus rufobrachium (22073)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (N. Transraal) Paraxerus cepapi (21693)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Zambia Paraxerus cepapi (21894)