Kuchakulo ni wanyama wadogo kama kindi katika kabila Xerini la familia Sciuridae. Tofauti na kindi, ambao huishi mitini, kuchakulo huishi ardhini. Wanatokea maeneo makavu ya Afrika, isipokuwa kuchakulo makucha-marefu anayetokea Asia ya Kati. Hula mbegu, makokwa, matunda, matumba, manyasi, machipukizi na wadudu. Huchimba vishimo ambamo walala na kukingwa dhidi ya joto na wanyama mbua. Hutafuta chakula wakati wa mchana. Atlantoxerus getulus, Kuchakulo wa Barbari (Barbary Ground Squirrel) Euxerus erythropus, Kuchakulo Miraba (Striped Ground Squirrel) Geosciurus inauris, Kuchakulo Kusi (Cape Ground Squirrel) Geosciurus princeps, Kuchakulo-milima (Mountain Ground Squirrel) Xerus rutilus, Kuchakulo Mwekundu (Unstriped Ground Squirrel) Spermophilopsis leptodactylus (Long-clawed Ground Squirrel) Xerus daamsi (Pliocene ya Kossom Bougoudi, Chadi) Kuchakulo wa Barbari Kuchakulo kusi Kuchakulo-milima Kuchakulo mwekundu