Spermophilinus

Spermophilinus is an extinct genus of xerine sciurid that lived during the Neogene period.^[1]

Spermophilinus Temporal range: Neogene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Sciuridae
Subfamily:	Xerinae
Genus:	†Spermophilinus De Brujin & Mein, 1968
Type species
Spermophilinus bredai Von Meyer, 1848
Other species
Spermophilinus beasnus Spermophilinus giganteus Spermophilinus turolensis

Palaeoecology

Dental microwear of S. bredai fossils at the Tortonian site of Grytsiv in Ukraine shows that this species ate hard fruits and seeds and did not consume grass to any significant extent.^[2]