Xerini
Xerini is a tribe of ground squirrels occurring in Africa and Asia. With the tribes Marmotini and Protoxerini, they form the subfamily Xerinae. There are three living genera—Xerus, the African ground squirrels; Atlantoxerus, containing the living Barbary ground squirrel of North Africa and some extinct species; and Spermophilopsis, containing the long-clawed ground squirrel of Central Asia.Species
Tribe Xerini
- Genus Atlantoxerus
- *Barbary ground squirrel, Atlantoxerus getulus
- Genus Xerus
- *Subgenus Euxerus
- **Striped ground squirrel, Xerus erythropus
- *Subgenus Geosciurus
- **Cape ground squirrel, Xerus inauris
- **Mountain ground squirrel, Xerus princeps
- *Subgenus Xerus
- **Unstriped ground squirrel, Xerus rutilus
- Genus Spermophilopsis
- *Long-clawed ground squirrel, Spermophilopsis leptodactylus
