{{Short description|Genus of rodents}} {{More citations needed|type=animal|date=December 2009}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = African giant squirrel.jpg | image_caption = Forest giant squirrel (''Protoxerus stangeri'') | taxon = Protoxerus | authority = Forsyth Major, 1893 | type_species = ''Sciurus stangeri'' | type_species_authority = Waterhouse, 1842 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision_ref = <ref name="Thorington">{{MSW3|id=12400872}}</ref> | subdivision = ''Protoxerus stangeri''<br> ''Protoxerus aubinnii'' }}
'''African giant squirrels''' (genus ''Protoxerus'') form a taxon of squirrels under the subfamily Xerinae. They are only found in Africa.
The two subgenera of African giant squirrels each has a single species:<ref name="Thorington"/> *Subgenus ''Protoxerus'' - forest giant squirrel or Stanger's squirrel, ''P. stangeri'' *Subgenus ''Allosciurus'' - slender-tailed squirrel, ''P. aubinnii''
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Category:Protoxerus Category:Rodents of Africa Category:Taxa named by Charles Immanuel Forsyth Major
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