Extant species of family Sciuridae (subfamily Xerinae)
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Rodentia
- Suborder: Sciuromorpha
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| Xerini | | Atlantoxerus | - Barbary ground squirrel (Atlantoxerus getulus)
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| Spermophilopsis | - Long-clawed ground squirrel (Spermophilopsis leptodactylus)
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Xerus
(African ground squirrels) | - 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)
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| Protoxerini | | Epixerus | - Ebian's palm squirrel (Epixerus ebii)
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Funisciurus
(African striped squirrels) | - Thomas's rope squirrel (Funisciurus anerythrus)
- Lunda rope squirrel (Funisciurus bayonii)
- Carruther's mountain squirrel (Funisciurus carruthersi)
- Congo rope squirrel (Funisciurus congicus)
- Lady Burton's rope squirrel (Funisciurus isabella)
- Ribboned rope squirrel (Funisciurus lemniscatus)
- Red-cheeked rope squirrel (Funisciurus leucogenys)
- Fire-footed rope squirrel (Funisciurus pyrropus)
- Kintampo rope squirrel (Funisciurus substriatus)
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Heliosciurus
(sun squirrels) | - Gambian sun squirrel (Heliosciurus gambianus)
- Mutable sun squirrel (Heliosciurus mutabilis)
- Small sun squirrel (Heliosciurus punctatus)
- Red-legged sun squirrel (Heliosciurus rufobrachium)
- Ruwenzori sun squirrel (Heliosciurus ruwenzorii)
- Zanj sun squirrel (Heliosciurus undulatus)
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| Myosciurus | - African pygmy squirrel (Myosciurus pumilio)
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Paraxerus
(African bush squirrels) | - Alexander's bush squirrel (Paraxerus alexandri)
- Boehm's bush squirrel (Paraxerus boehmi)
- Smith's bush squirrel (Paraxerus cepapi)
- Cooper's mountain squirrel (Paraxerus cooperi)
- Striped bush squirrel (Paraxerus flavovittis)
- African red bush squirrel (Paraxerus lucifer)
- Ochre bush squirrel (Paraxerus ochraceus)
- Red bush squirrel (Paraxerus palliatus)
- Green bush squirrel (Paraxerus poensis)
- Swynnerton's bush squirrel (Paraxerus vexillarius)
- Vincent's bush squirrel (Paraxerus vincenti)
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Protoxerus
(African giant squirrels) | - Slender-tailed squirrel (Protoxerus aubinnii)
- Forest giant squirrel (Protoxerus stangeri)
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Marmotini
(ground squirrels) | - Large tribe listed separately
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