# Protoxerini

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{{Short description|Tribe of rodents}}
{{Automatic_taxobox
| name = Protoxerini
| image = Heliosciurus 2.jpg
| image_caption = [Gambian sun squirrel](/source/Gambian_sun_squirrel) (''Heliosciurus gambianus'')
| taxon = Protoxerini
| authority = [Moore](/source/Joseph_Curtis_Moore), 1959
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision = 
''[Epixerus](/source/Epixerus)''<br>
''[Funisciurus](/source/Funisciurus)''<br>
''[Heliosciurus](/source/Heliosciurus)''<br>
''[Myosciurus](/source/Myosciurus)''<br>
''[Paraxerus](/source/Paraxerus)''<br>
''[Protoxerus](/source/Protoxerus)''
}}

The '''Protoxerini''' comprise a [tribe](/source/tribe_(biology)) of [squirrel](/source/squirrel)s found in [Africa](/source/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](/source/Johns_Hopkins_University_Press), Baltimore.</ref>

*''[Epixerus](/source/Epixerus)'' ([monotypic](/source/monotypic)) - Ebian's palm squirrel
*''[Funisciurus](/source/Funisciurus)'' (nine species) - African striped squirrels
*''[Heliosciurus](/source/Heliosciurus)'' (six species) - sun squirrels
*''[Myosciurus](/source/Myosciurus)'' (monotypic) - African pygmy squirrel
*''[Paraxerus](/source/Paraxerus)'' (11 species) - African bush squirrels
*''[Protoxerus](/source/Protoxerus)'' (two species) - African giant squirrels

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