title: Xerinae
text: # Xerinae
  
  The Xerinae comprise a subfamily of squirrels, many of which are highly terrestrial. It includes the tribes Marmotini (marmots, chipmunks, prairie dogs, and other Holarctic ground squirrels), Xerini (African and some Eurasian ground squirrels), and Protoxerini (African tree squirrels).
  
  ## Taxonomy
  
  Tribe Xerini six species of ground squirrels in five genera, occurring in Africa and Asia.
  
      Atlantoxerus
      Euxerus
      Geosciurus
      Spermophilopsis
      Xerus
  
  Tribe Protoxerini thirty species of tree squirrels in six genera, occurring in Africa.
  
      Epixerus
      Funisciurus
      Heliosciurus
      Myosciurus
      Paraxerus
      Protoxerus
  
  Tribe Marmotini ground squirrels in fifteen genera, occurring world wide. Includes the prairie dogs, the marmots (including woodchuck), and chipmunks.
  
      Ammospermophilus
      Callospermophilus
      Cynomys
      Eutamias
      Ictidomys
      Marmota
      Neotamias
      Notocitellus
      Otospermophilus
      Poliocitellus
      Sciurotamias
      Spermophilus
      Tamias
      Urocitellus
      Xerospermophilus
  