After McKenna & Bell, 1997 and Peláez-Campomanes, 2001, with modern species from Nowak, 1991
<==o Xerini Murray, 1866 [taxonomic history] (African Ground Squirrels; afrikan maaoravat) |-- †Heteroxerus Schaub, in Stehlin & Schaub, 1951; L.Olig.-U.Mioc. Eu. |--o Atlantoxerus Forsyth Major, 1893 [Xerus (Atlantoxerus) Forsyth Major, 1893] [incl. Getuloxerus Lavocat, 1961] U.Mioc.-L.Plioc. Eu. M.Mioc.-R. Af. ()? [atleast 10 fossil species (Pelaez-Campomanes, 2001)] | |-- †A. blacki (de Bruijn, 1967) [Getuloxerus blacki de Bruijn, 1967; incl. Atlantoxerus idubedensis Cuenca Bescós, 1988] | |-- †A. cuencae (Aquilar et al., 1995) | |-- †A. adroveri (de Bruijn & Mein, 1968) | |-- †A. tadlae (Lavocat, 1961) [Getuloxerus tadlae Lavocat, 1961] | |-- †A. rhodius (de Bruijn et al., 1970) | `-- A. getulus (Linnaeus, 1758) (mahgreb or Barbary ground-squirrel) |-- †Aragoxerus Cuenca Bescós, 1988; L.Mioc. Eu. |-- Spermophilopsis leptodactylus Blasius, 1884; R. As. (Long-clawed ground squirrel; kynsiorava, kynsimaaorava) `--o Xerus Hemprich & Ehremberg, 1832 [Sciurus (Xerus) Hemprich & Ehremberg, 1832] [incl. Geosciurus Smith, 1834; Euxerus Thomas, 1909] L.Plioc.-R. Af. (savannioravat) |-- X. erythropus Geoffroy, 1809 (lännensavanniorava, geoffreynsavannio.) |--+-- †X. daamsi Denys, Viriot, †Daams, Peláez-Campomanes, Vignaud, Andossa & Brunet, 2003 | `-- X. rutilus Cretzschmar, 1826 (unstriped Ground Squirrel) `--+-- X. inauris Zimmermann, 1780 (cape Ground Squirrel) `-- X. princeps Thomas, 1929 (kaokoveld Ground Squirrel or Mountain Ground Squirrel)
Reference(s):
- Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698. - Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648.
in Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698. - Denys, C., Viriot, L., †Daams, R., Peláez-Campomanes, P., Vignaud, P., Andossa, L. & Brunet, M., 2003: A new Pliocene xerine sciurid (Rodentia) from Kossom Bougoudi, Chad.
–Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol. 23, #3, pp. 676-687 - McKenna, M. C. & Bell, S. K., (eds.) 1997: Classification of mammals – above the species level.
–Columbia University Press, New York, 1997, xii-631 - Nowak, R. M., 1991: Walker's Mammals of the World; Part 1.
–The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1991, xlviii-642-lxiii - Nowak, R. M., 1991: Walker's mammals of the World; Part 2.
–The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1991, xii-643-1629 - Peláez-Campomanes, P., 2001: Revision of the Aragonian (Miocene) Atlantoxerus (Sciuridae).
–Journal of Paleontology: Vol. 75, #2, pp. 418-426