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

TYPE SPECIES: Sciurus stangeri Waterhouse, 1842 .

SYNONYMS: Allosciurus Conisbee, 1953 .

COMMENTS: Tribe Protoxerini (Moore, 1959) . Includes Allosciurus (replaced Myrsilas Thomas, 1909, which was preoccupied by Myrsilas Stài, 1865 [ Hemiptera]) and Protoxerus as subgenera. Originally a subgenus of Xerus, raised to full generic rank by Thomas (1897b).