After McKenna & Bell, 1997, with recent species from Nowak, 1991
<==o Protoxerini Moore, 1959 |--o †Kubwaxerus Cifelli, Ibui, Jacobs & Thorington, 1986; U.Mioc. Af. |--o Heliosciurus Trouessart, 1880; U.Pleist.-R. Af. (aurinko-oravat) | |-- H. ruwenzorii (ruwenzorinaurinko-orava) | |-- H. gambianus (gambianaurinko-orava) | |-- H. rufobrachium (redlegged Sun Squirrel) | |-- H. mutabilis ()? | |-- H. undulatus ()? | `-- ?H. punctatus (temminck's Spotted Squirrel) |--o Protoxerus Forsyth Major, 1893 [incl. Myrsilus Thomas, 1909 (non Myrsilus Stal, 1866, an insect); Allosciurus Conisbee, 1953] (Oil-palm squirrels, African giant squirrels) | |-- P. (Allosciurus) aubinnii (slendertailed Giant Squirrel) | `-- P. (Protoxerus) stangeri (giant Forest Squirrel) `--o Epixerus ebii Thomas, 1909 (African palm squirrels; ebien Squirrel or Temminck's Giant Squirrel) |-- E. e. ebii ()? |-- E. e. jonesi ()? `-- E. e. wilsoni ()?
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. - 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