Xerinae

E38904

subfamily taxon

Xerinae is a subfamily of rodents in the squirrel family (Sciuridae) that includes ground squirrels, chipmunks, and related species.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Epixerus	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	subfamily ⓘ taxon ⓘ
belongsTo	rodents ⓘ squirrels ⓘ
class	Mammalia ⓘ
commonName	xerine squirrels ⓘ
family	Sciuridae ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	includes burrowing species ⓘ includes diurnal species ⓘ includes social species ⓘ primarily terrestrial ⓘ
includes	African ground squirrels ⓘ Ammospermophilus ⓘ Atlantoxerus ⓘ Callospermophilus ⓘ Cynomys ⓘ Xerinae self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Epixerus Eutamias ⓘ Protoxerus ⓘ surface form: Euxerus Funisciurus ⓘ Sciuridae ⓘ surface form: Heliosciurus Otospermophilus ⓘ surface form: Ictidomys Marmot ⓘ surface form: Marmota Marmotini ⓘ Eutamias ⓘ surface form: Neotamias Otospermophilus ⓘ Paraxerus ⓘ Poliocitellus ⓘ Protoxerini ⓘ Protoxerus ⓘ Sciurotamias ⓘ Sciuridae ⓘ surface form: Spermophilus Marmotini ⓘ surface form: Tamias Tamiini ⓘ Urocitellus ⓘ Xerini ⓘ Xerospermophilus ⓘ Xerus ⓘ antelope squirrels ⓘ chipmunks ⓘ ground squirrels ⓘ marmots ⓘ prairie dogs ⓘ susliks ⓘ
kingdom	Animalia ⓘ
order	Rodentia ⓘ
parentTaxon	Sciuridae ⓘ squirrel family ⓘ
phylum	Chordata ⓘ
taxonRank	subfamily ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Xerospermophilus → belongsToSubfamily → Xerinae ⓘ

Xerinae → includes → Xerinae self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Epixerus