Xerini
Xerini is a tribe of ground squirrels occurring in Africa and Asia. With the tribes Marmotini (Holarctic ground squirrels) and Protoxerini (African tree squirrels), they form the subfamily Xerinae. There are three living genera—Xerus, the African ground squirrels; Atlantoxerus, containing the living Barbary ground squirrel of North Africa and some extinct species; and Spermophilopsis, containing the long-clawed ground squirrel of Central Asia.

Species
Tribe Xerini
Genus Atlantoxerus
Barbary ground squirrel, Atlantoxerus getulus
Genus Xerus
Subgenus Euxerus
Striped ground squirrel, Xerus erythropus
Subgenus Geosciurus
Cape ground squirrel, Xerus inauris
Mountain ground squirrel, Xerus princeps
Subgenus Xerus
Unstriped ground squirrel, Xerus rutilus
Genus Spermophilopsis
Long-clawed ground squirrel, Spermophilopsis leptodactylus