African giant squirrel
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| African Giant Squirrels Temporal range: Recent
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| Protoxerus stangeri | |
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Protoxerus
Forsyth Major, 1893
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African giant squirrels (genus Protoxerus) form a taxon of squirrels under the subfamily Xerinae. They are only found in Africa.
The two subgenera of African giant squirrels each has a single species:
- Subgenus Protoxerus - forest giant squirrel or Stanger's squirrel, P. stangeri
- Subgenus Allosciurus - slender-tailed squirrel, P. aubinnii
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