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Protoxerini Moore 1959

Description

Protoxerini Moore 1959

Protoxerini Moore 1959, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 118: 168.

Genera: 6 genera with 30 species:

Genus Epixerus Thomas 1909 (1 species with 3 subspecies)

Genus Funisciurus Trouessart 1880 (9 species with 24 subspecies)

Genus Heliosciurus Trouessart 1880 (6 species with 49 subspecies)

Genus Myosciurus Thomas 1909 (1 species)

Genus Paraxerus Forsyth Major 1893 (11 species with 35 subspecies)

Genus Protoxerus Forsyth Major 1893 (2 species with 14 subspecies)

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 754-818 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 791, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Moore
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Rodentia
Family
Sciuridae
Taxon rank
tribe
Taxonomic concept label
Protoxerini Moore, 1959 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Moore, J. C. 1959. Relationships among the living squirrels of the Sciurinae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 118 (4): 157 - 206.