Protoxerus 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 : 796

Protoxerus Forsyth Major 1893

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

Type Species: Sciurus stangeri Waterhouse 1842

Species and subspecies: 2 species with 14 subspecies in 2 subgenera:

Subgenus Protoxerus (Protoxerus) Forsyth Major 1893

Subgenus Protoxerus (Allosciurus) Conisbee 1953

Species Protoxerus (Allosciurus) aubinnii (Gray 1873)

Subspecies Protoxerus (Allosciurus) aubinnii subsp. aubinnii Gray 1873

Subspecies Protoxerus (Allosciurus) aubinnii subsp. salae Jentink 1881

Species Protoxerus (Protoxerus) stangeri ( Waterhouse 1842)

Subspecies Protoxerus (Protoxerus) stangeri subsp. stangeri Waterhouse 1842

Subspecies Protoxerus (Protoxerus) stangeri subsp. bea Heller 1912

Subspecies Protoxerus (Protoxerus) stangeri subsp. centricola Thomas 1906

Subspecies Protoxerus (Protoxerus) stangeri subsp. cooperi Kingdon 1971

Subspecies Protoxerus (Protoxerus) stangeri subsp. eborivorus Du Chaillu 1860

Subspecies Protoxerus (Protoxerus) stangeri subsp. kabobo Verheyen 1960

Subspecies Protoxerus (Protoxerus) stangeri subsp. kwango Verheyen 1960

Subspecies Protoxerus (Protoxerus) stangeri subsp. loandae Thomas 1906

Subspecies Protoxerus (Protoxerus) stangeri subsp. nigeriae Thomas 1906

Subspecies Protoxerus (Protoxerus) stangeri subsp. personatus Kershaw 1923

Subspecies Protoxerus (Protoxerus) stangeri subsp. signatus Thomas 1910

Subspecies Protoxerus (Protoxerus) stangeri subsp. temminckii Anderson 1879

Discussion: Tribe Protoxerini ( Moore, 1959) . Includes Allosciurus (replaced Myrsilas Thomas, 1909, which was preoccupied by Myrsilas Stål, 1865 [ Hemiptera ]) and Protoxerus as subgenera. Originally a subgenus of Xerus , raised to full generic rank by Thomas (1897 b).