{{Short description|Tribe of rodents}} {{Automatic_taxobox | name = Protoxerini | image = Heliosciurus 2.jpg | image_caption = Gambian sun squirrel (''Heliosciurus gambianus'') | taxon = Protoxerini | authority = Moore, 1959 | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = ''Epixerus''<br> ''Funisciurus''<br> ''Heliosciurus''<br> ''Myosciurus''<br> ''Paraxerus''<br> ''Protoxerus'' }}
The '''Protoxerini''' comprise a tribe of squirrels found in Africa. The 30 species in six genera are:<ref>Thorington, R. W. and R. S. Hoffmann. 2005. Family Sciuridae. Pp 754–818 in Mammal Species of the World A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.</ref>
*''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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