Kidiri ni wanyama wadogo wa jenasi Paraxerus katika kabila Protoxerini la familia Sciuridae ambao wanafanana sana na kindi. Tofauti na hawa, ambao hukaa mitini takriban saa zote, kidiri hupitisha muda mrefu ardhini lakini hulala katika tundu mtini. Wanatokea misitu mikavu na minyevu ya Afrika. Hula mbegu, makokwa, matunda, matumba, machipukizi na wadudu. Paraxerus alexandri, Kidiri wa Alexander (Alexander's Bush Squirrel) Paraxerus boehmi, Kidiri wa Böhm (Böhm's Bush Squirrel) Paraxerus cepapi, Kidiri Kijivu (Smith's Bush Squirrel) Paraxerus cooperi, Kidiri-milima (Cooper's Mountain Squirrel) Paraxerus flavovittis, Kidiri Miraba (Striped Bush Squirrel) Paraxerus lucifer, Kidiri Mweusi na Mwekundu (Black and Red Bush Squirrel) Paraxerus ochraceus, Kidiri Ukaria (Ochre Bush Squirrel) Paraxerus palliatus, Kidiri Mwekundu (Red Bush Squirrel) Paraxerus poensis, Kidiri Kijani (Green Bush Squirrel) Paraxerus vexillarius, Kidiri Njano (Swynnerton's Bush Squirrel) Paraxerus vincenti, Kidiri wa Vincent (Vincent's Bush Squirrel) Kidiri mwekundu Kidiri kijani