Callosciurinae Temporal range: Late Pliocene - Recent |
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Prevost's Squirrel (Callosciurus prevostii) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Sciuridae |
Subfamily: | Callosciurinae Pocock, 1923 |
Genera | |
Callosciurus |
Callosciurinae is an Asiatic subfamily of squirrels. It contains about 60 species, most of them in South East Asia. It is named after the Callosciurus genus, which means 'Beautiful Squirrels'.
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