African giant squirrel

African giant squirrels (genus Protoxerus) form a taxon of squirrels under the subfamily Xerinae. They are only found in Africa.

African giant squirrel
Forest giant squirrel (Protoxerus stangeri)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Sciuridae
Tribe:	Protoxerini
Genus:	Protoxerus Forsyth Major, 1893
Type species
Sciurus stangeri Waterhouse, 1842
Species[1]
Protoxerus stangeri Protoxerus aubinnii

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