Sciurinae

Sciurinae Temporal range: Late Eocene - Recent
Syntheosciurus brochus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Sciuridae
Subfamily:	Sciurinae Hemprich, 1820
Genera
Tribe Sciurini Microsciurus Rheithrosciurus Sciurus Syntheosciurus Tamiasciurus Tribe Pteromyini Aeretes Aeromys Belomys Biswamoyopterus Eoglaucomys Eupetaurus Glaucomys Hylopetes Iomys Petaurillus Petaurista Petinomys Pteromys Pteromyscus Trogopterus

The Sciurinae is a subfamily of squirrels in the (family Sciuridae). It unites the flying squirrels with certain related tree squirrels. Older sources^{[citation needed]} place the flying squirrels in a separate subfamily (Pteromyinae) and unite all remaining sciurids into the subfamily Sciurinae, but this has been strongly refuted by genetic studies.^{[citation needed]}

Classification

SUBFAMILY SCIURINAE

• Tribe Sciurini
  • Genus Microsciurus - dwarf squirrels
    • Central American Dwarf Squirrel, Microsciurus alfari
    • Amazon Dwarf Squirrel, Microsciurus flaviventer
    • Western Dwarf Squirrel, Microsciurus mimulus
    • Santander dwarf squirrel, Microsciurus santanderensis
  • Genus Rheithrosciurus
    • Tufted Ground Squirrel, Rheithrosciurus macrotis
  • Genus Sciurus
    • Subgenus Sciurus
      • Allen's Squirrel, Sciurus alleni
      • Arizona Gray Squirrel, Sciurus arizonensis
      • Mexican Gray Squirrel, Sciurus aureogaster
      • Eastern Gray Squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis
      • Collie's Squirrel, Sciurus colliaei
      • Deppe's Squirrel, Sciurus deppei
      • Japanese Squirrel, Sciurus lis
      • Mexican Fox Squirrel, Sciurus nayaritensis
      • Eastern Fox Squirrel, Sciurus niger
      • Peters's Squirrel, Sciurus oculatus
      • Variegated Squirrel, Sciurus variegatoides
      • Eurasian Red Squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris
      • Yucatan Squirrel, Sciurus yucatanensis
    • Subgenus Otosciurus
      • Abert's Squirrel, Sciurus aberti
    • Subgenus Guerlinguetus
      • Brazilian Squirrel (Guianan Squirrel), Sciurus aestuans
      • South Yungas Red Squirrel, Sciurus argentinius
      • Yellow-throated Squirrel, Sciurus gilvigularis
      • Red-tailed Squirrel, Sciurus granatensis
      • Bolivian Squirrel, Sciurus ignitus
      • Atlantic Forest Squirrel, Sciurus ingrami
      • Andean Squirrel, Sciurus pucheranii
      • Richmond's Squirrel, Sciurus richmondi
      • Sanborn's Squirrel, Sciurus sanborni
      • Guayaquil Squirrel, Sciurus stramineus
    • Subgenus Tenes
      • Persian Squirrel, Sciurus anomalus
    • Subgenus Hadrosciurus
      • Fiery Squirrel, Sciurus flammifer
      • Junín Red Squirrel, Sciurus pyrrhinus
    • Subgenus Hesperosciurus
      • Western Gray Squirrel, Sciurus griseus
    • Subgenus Urosciurus
      • Northern Amazon Red Squirrel, Sciurus igniventris
      • Southern Amazon Red Squirrel, Sciurus spadiceus
  • Genus Syntheosciurus
    • Bangs's Mountain Squirrel, Syntheosciurus brochus
  • Genus Tamiasciurus - pine squirrels
    • Douglas Squirrel, Tamiasciurus douglasii
    • American Red Squirrel, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
    • Mearns's Squirrel, Tamiasciurus mearnsi
• Tribe Pteromyini - flying squirrels
  • Subtribe Glaucomyina
    • Genus Eoglaucomys
      • Kashmir Flying Squirrel, Eoglaucomys fimbriatus
    • Genus Glaucomys - New World flying squirrels
      • Southern Flying Squirrel, Glaucomys volans
      • Northern Flying Squirrel, Glaucomys sabrinus
    • Genus Hylopetes
      • Particolored Flying Squirrel, Hylopetes alboniger
      • Afghan Flying Squirrel, Hylopetes baberi
      • Bartel's Flying Squirrel, Hylopetes bartelsi
      • Gray-cheeked Flying Squirrel, Hylopetes lepidus
      • Palawan Flying Squirrel, Hylopetes nigripes
      • Indochinese Flying Squirrel, Hylopetes phayrei
      • Jentink’s Flying Squirrel, Hylopetes platyurus
      • Sipora Flying Squirrel, Hylopetes sipora
      • Red-cheeked Flying Squirrel, Hylopetes spadiceus
      • Sumatran Flying Squirrel, Hylopetes winstoni
    • Genus Iomys
      • Javanese Flying Squirrel, Iomys horsfieldi
      • Mentawi Flying Squirrel, Iomys sipora
    • Genus Petaurillus - pygmy flying squirrels
      • Lesser Pygmy Flying Squirrel, Petaurillus emiliae
      • Hose's Pygmy Flying Squirrel, Petaurillus hosei
      • Selangor Pygmy Flying Squirrel, Petaurillus kinlochii
    • Genus Petinomys
      • Basilan Flying Squirrel, Petinomys crinitus
      • Travancore Flying Squirrel, Petinomys fuscocapillus
      • Whiskered Flying Squirrel, Petinomys genibarbis
      • Hagen's Flying Squirrel, Petinomys hageni
      • Siberut Flying Squirrel, Petinomys lugens
      • Mindanao Flying Squirrel, Petinomys mindanensis
      • Arrow Flying Squirrel, Petinomys sagitta
      • Temminck's Flying Squirrel, Petinomys setosus
      • Vordermann's Flying Squirrel, Petinomys vordermanni
  • Subtribe Pteromyina
    • Genus Aeretes
      • Groove-toothed Flying Squirrel, Aeretes melanopterus
    • Genus Aeromys - large black flying squirrels
      • Black Flying Squirrel, Aeromys tephromelas
      • Thomas's Flying Squirrel, Aeromys thomasi
    • Genus Belomys
      • Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel, Belomys pearsonii
    • Genus Biswamoyopterus
      • Namdapha Flying Squirrel, Biswamoyopterus biswasi
    • Genus Eupetaurus
      • Woolly Flying Squirrel, Eupetaurus cinereus
    • Genus Petaurista
      • Red And White Giant Flying Squirrel, Petaurista alborufus
      • Spotted Giant Flying Squirrel, Petaurista elegans
      • Hodgson's Giant Flying Squirrel, Petaurista magnificus
      • Bhutan Giant Flying Squirrel, Petaurista nobilis
      • Indian Giant Flying Squirrel, Petaurista philippensis
      • Chinese Giant Flying Squirrel, Petaurista xanthotis
      • Japanese Giant Flying Squirrel, Petaurista leucogenys
      • Red Giant Flying Squirrel, Petaurista petaurista
    • Genus Pteromys - Old World flying squirrel
      • Siberian Flying Squirrel, Pteromys volans
      • Japanese Dwarf Flying Squirrel, Pteromys momonga
    • Genus Pteromyscus
      • Smoky Flying Squirrel, Pteromyscus pulverulentus
    • Genus Trogopterus
      • Complex-toothed Flying Squirrel, Trogopterus xanthipes

References

• Steppan, S. J. B. L. Storz, and R. S. Hoffmann. 2004. Nuclear DNA phylogeny of the squirrels (Mammalia: Rodentia) and the evolution of arboreality from c-myc and RAG1. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 30:703-719.
• Thorington, R. W. and R. S. Hoffmann. 2005. Family Sciuridae. pp 754–818 in Mammal Species of the World A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.

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