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GENUS Paraxerus

Author:Forsyth Major, 1893.
Citation:Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1893: 189.
Type Species:Sciurus cepapi A. Smith, 1836.
Comments:Tribe Funambulini according to Moore (1959). Originally a subgenus of Xerus; includes Aethosciurus (with the exception of ruwenzorii, here included in Heliosciurus), Montisciurus, and Tamiscus. Recent molecular work of Mercer and Roth (2003) suggests that Paraxerus is not closely related to Funambulus, but to the rest of the African squirrels, in which case, it should be placed in the tribe Protoxerini.
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Offspring:

SPECIES alexandri

SPECIES boehmi

SUBSPECIES boehmi

SUBSPECIES antoniae

SUBSPECIES emini

SUBSPECIES gazellae

SPECIES cepapi

SUBSPECIES cepapi

SUBSPECIES bororensis

SUBSPECIES carpi

SUBSPECIES cepapoides

SUBSPECIES chobiensis

SUBSPECIES phalaena

SUBSPECIES quotus

SUBSPECIES sindi

SUBSPECIES soccatus

SUBSPECIES yulei

SPECIES cooperi

SPECIES flavovittis

SUBSPECIES flavovittis

SUBSPECIES exgeanus

SUBSPECIES ibeanus

SUBSPECIES mossambicus

SPECIES lucifer

SPECIES ochraceus

SUBSPECIES ochraceus

SUBSPECIES affinis

SUBSPECIES animosus

SUBSPECIES aruscensis

SUBSPECIES electus

SUBSPECIES ganana

SUBSPECIES jacksoni

SUBSPECIES kahari

SPECIES palliatus

SUBSPECIES palliatus

SUBSPECIES bridgemani

SUBSPECIES frerei

SUBSPECIES ornatus

SUBSPECIES sponsus

SUBSPECIES swynnertoni

SUBSPECIES tanae

SPECIES poensis

SPECIES vexillarius

SUBSPECIES vexillarius

SUBSPECIES byatti

SPECIES vincenti

Synonyms:

    Aethosciurus Thomas, 1916
    Montisciurus Eisentraut, 1976
    Tamiscus Thomas, 1918

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