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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: [1] Subgenus Protoxerus - forest giant squirrel or Stanger's squirrel, P. stangeri; Subgenus Allosciurus - slender-tailed squirrel, P. aubinnii
The forest giant squirrel is the largest arboreal squirrel in Africa with a head-and-body length of around 300 mm (12 in) and a bushy tail of a similar length. The head is large and rounded with powerful cheek muscles. The brownish hairs on the top of the head and on the nape are tipped with white giving a frosted appearance.
There are five living genera—Xerus, the unstriped ground squirrel; Euxerus, the striped ground squirrel; Geosciurus, the Cape and mountain ground squirrels; Atlantoxerus, containing the living Barbary ground squirrel of North Africa and some extinct species; and Spermophilopsis, containing the long-clawed ground squirrel of Central Asia.
The African bush squirrels are a genus of squirrels, Paraxerus, in the subfamily Xerinae. [1] They are only found in Africa. The 11 species in this genus are: Alexander's bush squirrel (P. alexandri) Boehm's bush squirrel (P. boehmi) Smith's bush squirrel (P. cepapi) Cooper's mountain squirrel (P. cooperi) Striped bush squirrel (P. flavovittis)
In western Central Africa there is poor environmental governance, illegal logging operation, population growth, and weak protection of the area are some of the threats these squirrels are experiencing. Deforestation is the overall dominant threat to the African pygmy squirrel, which reduces their habitat for this squirrel and countless other ...
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).
The Protoxerini comprise a tribe of squirrels found in Africa. The 30 species in six genera are: [1] Epixerus - Ebian's palm squirrel; Funisciurus (nine species) - African striped squirrels; Heliosciurus (six species) - sun squirrels; Myosciurus (monotypic) - African pygmy squirrel; Paraxerus (11 species) - African bush squirrels
[2] [3] Marmots are the heaviest members of the squirrel family. Total length varies typically from about 42 to 72 cm (17 to 28 in) and body mass averages about 2 kg ( 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 lb) in spring in the smaller species and 8 kg (18 lb) in autumn, at times exceeding 11 kg (24 lb), in the larger species.