Sundasciurus

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Sundasciurus
Temporal range: Recent
Slender Squirrel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Subfamily: Callosciurinae
Tribe: Callosciurini
Genus: Sundasciurus
Moore, 1958
Species

Subgenus Sundasciurus
Sundasciurus brookei
Sundasciurus fraterculus
Sundasciurus jentinki
Sundasciurus lowii
Sundasciurus tenuis
Subgenus Aletesciurus
Sundasciurus davensis
Sundasciurus hippurus
Sundasciurus hoogstraali
Sundasciurus juvencus
Sundasciurus mindanensis
Sundasciurus moellendorffi
Sundasciurus philippinensis
Sundasciurus rabori
Sundasciurus samarensis
Sundasciurus steerii

Sundasciurus is a genus of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It contains two subgenera with 15 species:

  • Genus Sundasciurus
    • Subgenus Sundasciurus
      • Brooke's Squirrel (Sundasciurus brookei)
      • Fraternal Squirrel (Sundasciurus fraterculus)
      • Jentink's Squirrel (Sundasciurus jentinki)
      • Low's Squirrel (Sundasciurus lowii)
      • Slender Squirrel (Sundasciurus tenuis)
    • Subgenus Aletesciurus
      • Davao Squirrel (Sundasciurus davensis)
      • Horse-tailed Squirrel (Sundasciurus hippurus)
      • Busuanga Squirrel (Sundasciurus hoogstraali)
      • Northern Palawan Tree Squirrel (Sundasciurus juvencus)
      • Mindanao Squirrel (Sundasciurus mindanensis)
      • Culion Tree Squirrel (Sundasciurus moellendorffi)
      • Philippine Tree Squirrel (Sundasciurus philippinensis)
      • Palawan Montane Squirrel (Sundasciurus rabori)
      • Samar Squirrel (Sundasciurus samarensis)
      • Southern Palawan Tree Squirrel (Sundasciurus steerii)

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.
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