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--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER SCIUROMORPHA
--> FAMILY Sciuridae
--> SUBFAMILY Xerinae
--> TRIBE Protoxerini
GENUS Protoxerus
Author: | Forsyth Major, 1893. | Citation: | Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1893: 189. | Type Species: | Sciurus stangeri Waterhouse, 1842. | Comments: | Tribe Protoxerini (Moore, 1959). Includes Allosciurus (replaced Myrsilas Thomas, 1909, which was preoccupied by Myrsilas Stål, 1865 [Hemiptera]) and Protoxerus as subgenera. Originally a subgenus of Xerus, raised to full generic rank by Thomas (1897b). |
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