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The Protoxerini comprise a tribe of squirrels found in Africa. The 30 species in six genera are:

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The Protoxerini comprise a tribe of squirrels found in Africa. The 30 species in six genera are: Epixerus (monotypic) - 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 Protoxerus (two species) - African giant squirrels

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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Protoxerini” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.