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Xerini
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Xerini
Xerini
is a tribe of ground
squirrels
occurring in Africa and Asia. With the tribes
Marmotini
(
Holarctic
ground squirrels) and
Protoxerini
(African tree squirrels), 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.
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