Xerinae Osborn 1910

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 754-818 : 789

Xerinae Osborn 1910

Xerinae Osborn 1910 , The Age of Mammals: 535.

Genera: 15 genera with 128 species in 3 tribes:

Tribe Xerini Osborn 1910

Genus Atlantoxerus Forsyth Major 1893 (1 species)

Genus Spermophilopsis Blasius 1884 (1 species with 3 subspecies)

Genus Xerus Hemprich and Ehrenberg 1833 (4 species with 14 subspecies)

Tribe Protoxerini Moore 1959

Genus Epixerus Thomas 1909 (1 species with 3 subspecies)

Genus Funisciurus Trouessart 1880 (9 species with 24 subspecies)

Genus Heliosciurus Trouessart 1880 (6 species with 49 subspecies)

Genus Myosciurus Thomas 1909 (1 species)

Genus Paraxerus Forsyth Major 1893 (11 species with 35 subspecies)

Genus Protoxerus Forsyth Major 1893 (2 species with 14 subspecies)

Tribe Marmotini Pocock 1923

Genus Ammospermophilus Merriam 1892 (5 species with 11 subspecies)

Genus Cynomys Rafinesque 1817 (5 species with 4 subspecies)

Genus Marmota Blumenbach 1779 (14 species with 33 subspecies)

Genus Sciurotamias Miller 1901 (2 species with 2 subspecies)

Genus Spermophilus F. Cuvier 1825 (41 species with 105 subspecies)

Genus Tamias Illiger 1811 (25 species with 91 subspecies)