Callosciurinae

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Callosciurinae
Fossil range: Late Pliocene - Recent
Prevost's Squirrel (Callosciurus prevostii)
Prevost's Squirrel (Callosciurus prevostii)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Subfamily: Callosciurinae
Pocock, 1923
Genera

Callosciurus - beautiful squirrels
Dremomys - Asian montane ground squirrels
Exilisciurus - Asian pygmy squirrels
Funambulus - palm squirrels
Glyphotes - sculptor squirrel
Hyosciurus - long-nosed squirrels
Lariscus - Asian striped ground squirrels
Menetes - Indochinese ground squirrel
Nannosciurus - black-eared pygmy squirrels
Prosciurillus - dwarf squirrels, Sulawesi tree squirrels
Rhinosciurus - shrew-faced squirrel
Rubrisciurus - Sulawesi giant squirrel
Sundasciurus - Sunda tree squirrels
Tamiops - Asian striped squirrels

Callosciurinae is a subfamily of squirrels.

[edit] Classification

[edit] References

  • Thorington, R. W. Jr. and R. S. Hoffman. 2005. Family Sciuridae. Pp. 754-818 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.