Atlantoxerus Forsyth Major 1893

Atlantoxerus Forsyth Major 1893, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1893: 189.

Type Species: Sciurus getulus Linnaeus 1758

Species and subspecies: 1 species:

Species Atlantoxerus getulus (Linnaeus 1758)

Discussion: Placed in Subfamily Xerinae by Gromov et al. (1965:70), but in tribe Xerini by Moore (1959). Atlantoxerus was originally a subgenus of Xerus, and later raised to full generic rank by Thomas (1909 a). Closely related to Xerus (Corbet, 1978 c:79) .