Atlantoxerus Forsyth Major 1893

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 754-818 : 789

Atlantoxerus Forsyth Major 1893

Atlantoxerus Forsyth Major 1893 , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1893: 189.

Type Species: Sciurus getulus Linnaeus 1758

Species and subspecies: 1 species:

Species Atlantoxerus getulus ( Linnaeus 1758)

Discussion: Placed in Subfamily Xerinae by Gromov et al. (1965:70), but in tribe Xerini by Moore (1959). Atlantoxerus was originally a subgenus of Xerus , and later raised to full generic rank by Thomas (1909 a). Closely related to Xerus ( Corbet, 1978 c:79) .