Xerinae

Xerinae
South African Ground Squirrel (Xerus inauris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Sciuridae
Subfamily:	Xerinae Osborn, 1910
Tribes & Genera
Xerini Atlantoxerus Spermophilopsis Xerus Protoxerini Epixerus Funisciurus Heliosciurus Myosciurus Paraxerus Protoxerus Marmotini Ammospermophilus Callospermophilus Cynomys Eutamias Ictidomys Marmota Neotamias Otospermophilus Poliocitellus Sciurotamias Spermophilus Tamias Urocitellus Xerospermophilus

Xerini

Protoxerini

Marmotini

The Xerinae comprise a subfamily of squirrels, many of which are highly terrestrial. It includes the tribes Marmotini (marmots, chipmunks, prairie dogs, and other Holarctic ground squirrels), Xerini (African and some Eurasian ground squirrels), and Protoxerini (African tree squirrels).

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