Mammaliaformes Rowe 1988
   [crown] Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
     Subclass Theriiformes Rowe, 1988 see Division Theriiformes Rowe, 1988
       Infraclass Holotheria Wible, Rougier, Novacek, McKenna & Dashzeveg, 1995 see Clade Holotheria Wible, Rougier, Novacek, McKenna & Dashzeveg 1995
         Superlegion Trechnotheria McKenna, 1975 see Clade Trechnotheria McKenna 1975
           Legion Cladotheria McKenna, 1975 see Clade Cladotheria McKenna 1975
             Sublegion Zatheria McKenna, 1975 see Clade Zatheria McKenna 1975
               Infralegion Tribosphenida McKenna, 1975 see Subclass Boreosphenida Luo, Cifelli & Kielan-Jaworowska, 2001
                 [crown] Supercohort Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897 - therians see Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
                   Cohort Placentalia Owen, 1837 - placentals
                     Magnorder Epitheria McKenna, 1975 see Cohort Placentalia Owen, 1837
                       Superorder Preptotheria McKenna, 1975
                         Grandorder Anagalida Szalay & McKenna, 1971 see Order Anagalida Szalay & McKenna, 1971
                           Mirorder Simplicidentata Weber, 1904
                             Order Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 - rodents
                               Suborder Sciuromorpha Brandt, 1855
                                 Infraorder Sciurida Brandt, 1855
                                   Family Sciuridae Batsch, 1788 - squirrels, chipmunks, marmots, and prairie dogs
                                     Subfamily Sciurinae Batsch, 1788 - tree and ground squirrels
                                       Tribe Xerini Murray, 1866
                                         1 Genus †Heteroxerus Schaub, 1951
                                         2 Genus Atlantoxerus Forsyth Major, 1893 - Barbary ground squirrel
                                         3 Genus †Aragoxerus Cuenca Bescós, 1988
                                         4 Genus Xerus Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1832 - African ground squirrels
                                         5 Genus Spermophilopsis Blasius, 1884 - long-clawed ground squirrel