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Tribe Xerini six species of ground squirrels in five genera, occurring in Africa and Asia. Atlantoxerus Euxerus Geosciurus Spermophilopsis Xerus. Tribe Protoxerini thirty species of tree squirrels in six genera, occurring in Africa. Epixerus Funisciurus Heliosciurus Myosciurus Paraxerus Protoxerus
Xerini is a tribe of ground squirrels occurring in Africa and Asia. With the tribes Marmotini ( Holarctic ground squirrels) and Protoxerini (African tree squirrels), they form the subfamily Xerinae .
Over 1.5 million living animal species have been described—of which around 1 million are insects—but it has been estimated there are over 7 million in total. Animals range in size from 8.5 millionths of a metre to 33.6 metres (110 ft) long and have complex interactions with each other and their environments, forming intricate food webs .
Pages in category "Xerini" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. African striped ground squirrel; G.
The striped ground squirrel (Euxerus erythropus) is a species of squirrel native to Africa. It was first described by Geoffroy in 1803, [1] [4] but the binomial authority is sometimes incorrectly [5] cited as "Desmarest, 1817". [2]
This is a list of the mammal species recorded in ... The elephants comprise three living species and are the largest living land animals. ... Xerini. Genus: Xerus ...
Rodents are animals that gnaw with two continuously growing incisors. Forty percent of mammal species are rodents, and they inhabit every continent except Antarctica. This list contains circa 2,700 species in 518 genera in the order Rodentia. [1]
The three extant manatee species (family Trichechidae) and the dugong (family Dugongidae) are rated as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. All four are vulnerable to extinction from habitat loss and other negative impacts related to human population growth and coastal development.