Sciurinae

Sciurinae (/sɪˈjuːrɪneɪ/) is a subfamily of squirrels (in the family Sciuridae), uniting the flying squirrels with certain related tree squirrels. Older sources^[1]^[2] 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.^[3]

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Mammalia

Infraclass:Placentalia

Order:Rodentia

Quick facts Sciurinae Temporal range: Late Eocene - recent, Scientific classification ...

Sciurinae Temporal range: Late Eocene - recent

Syntheosciurus brochus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Placentalia
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

Subfamily Sciurinae^[4]

Tribe Sciurini
- Genus Microsciurus – American dwarf squirrels
  - Central American dwarf squirrel, M. alfari
  - Amazon dwarf squirrel, M. flaviventer
  - Western dwarf squirrel, M. mimulus
  - Santander dwarf squirrel, M. santanderensis
- Genus Rheithrosciurus
  - Tufted ground squirrel, R. macrotis
- Genus Sciurus
  - Subgenus Sciurus
    - Allen's squirrel, S. alleni
    - Arizona gray squirrel, S. arizonensis
    - Mexican gray squirrel, S. aureogaster
    - Eastern gray squirrel, S. carolinensis
    - Collie's squirrel, S. colliaei
    - Deppe's squirrel, S. deppei
    - Japanese squirrel, S. lis
    - Calabrian black squirrel, S. meridionalis
    - Mexican fox squirrel, S. nayaritensis
    - Fox squirrel, S. niger
    - Peters's squirrel, S. oculatus
    - Variegated squirrel, S. variegatoides
    - Eurasian red squirrel, S. vulgaris
    - Yucatan squirrel, S. yucatanensis
  - Subgenus Otosciurus
    - Abert's squirrel, S. aberti
  - Subgenus Guerlinguetus
    - Brazilian squirrel or Guianan squirrel, S. aestuans
    - Yellow-throated squirrel, S. gilvigularis
    - Red-tailed squirrel, S. granatensis
    - Bolivian squirrel, S. ignitus
    - Andean squirrel, S. pucheranii
    - Richmond's squirrel, S. richmondi
    - Sanborn's squirrel, S. sanborni
    - Guayaquil squirrel, S. stramineus
  - Subgenus Tenes
    - Persian squirrel, S. anomalus
  - Subgenus Hadrosciurus
    - Fiery squirrel, S. flammifer
    - Junín red squirrel, S. pyrrhinus
  - Subgenus Hesperosciurus
    - Western gray squirrel, S. griseus
  - Subgenus Urosciurus
    - Northern Amazon red squirrel, S. igniventris
    - Southern Amazon red squirrel, S. spadiceus
- Genus Syntheosciurus
  - Bangs's mountain squirrel, S. brochus
- Genus Tamiasciurus - pine squirrels
  - Douglas squirrel, T. douglasii
  - Southwestern red squirrel T. fremonti
  - American red squirrel, T. hudsonicus
  - Mearns's squirrel, T. mearnsi
Tribe Pteromyini – flying squirrels
- Subtribe Glaucomyina
  - Genus Eoglaucomys
    - Kashmir flying squirrel, E. fimbriatus
  - Genus Glaucomys – New World flying squirrels
    - Southern flying squirrel, G. volans
    - Northern flying squirrel, G. sabrinus
    - Humboldt's flying squirrel, G. oregonensis
  - Genus Hylopetes
    - Particolored flying squirrel, H. alboniger
    - Afghan flying squirrel, H. baberi
    - Bartel's flying squirrel, H. bartelsi
    - Gray-cheeked flying squirrel, H. lepidus
    - Palawan flying squirrel, H. nigripes
    - Indochinese flying squirrel, H. phayrei
    - Jentink's flying squirrel, H. platyurus
    - Sipora flying squirrel, H. sipora
    - Red-cheeked flying squirrel, H. spadiceus
    - Sumatran flying squirrel, H. winstoni
  - Genus Iomys
    - Javanese flying squirrel, I. horsfieldi
    - Mentawi flying squirrel, I. sipora
  - Genus Petaurillus – pygmy flying squirrels
    - Lesser pygmy flying squirrel, P. emiliae
    - Hose's pygmy flying squirrel, P. hosei
    - Selangor pygmy flying squirrel, P. kinlochii
  - Genus Petinomys
    - Basilan flying squirrel, P. crinitus
    - Travancore flying squirrel, P. fuscocapillus
    - Whiskered flying squirrel, P. genibarbis
    - Hagen's flying squirrel, P. hageni
    - Siberut flying squirrel, P. lugens
    - Mindanao flying squirrel, P. mindanensis
    - Arrow flying squirrel, P. sagitta
    - Temminck's flying squirrel, P. setosus
    - Vordermann's flying squirrel, P. vordermanni
- Subtribe Pteromyina
  - Genus Aeretes
    - Groove-toothed flying squirrel, A. melanopterus
  - Genus Aeromys – large black flying squirrels
    - Black flying squirrel, A. tephromelas
    - Thomas's flying squirrel, A. thomasi
  - Genus Belomys
    - Hairy-footed flying squirrel, B. pearsonii
  - Genus Biswamoyopterus
    - Namdapha flying squirrel, B. biswasi
    - Laotian giant flying squirrel, B. laoensis
    - Mount Gaoligong flying squirrel, B. gaoligongensis
  - Genus Eupetaurus
    - Western woolly flying squirrel, Eupetaurus cinereus
    - Yunnan woolly flying squirrel, Eupetaurus nivamons
    - Tibetan woolly flying squirrel, Eupetaurus tibetensis
  - Genus Petaurista
    - Red and white giant flying squirrel, P. alborufus
    - Spotted giant flying squirrel, P. elegans
    - Hodgson's giant flying squirrel, P. magnificus
    - Bhutan giant flying squirrel, P. nobilis
    - Indian giant flying squirrel, P. philippensis
    - Chinese giant flying squirrel, P. xanthotis
    - Japanese giant flying squirrel, P. leucogenys
    - Red giant flying squirrel, P. petaurista
  - Genus Pteromys – Old World flying squirrel
    - Siberian flying squirrel, P. volans
    - Japanese dwarf flying squirrel, P. momonga
  - Genus Pteromyscus
    - Smoky flying squirrel, P. pulverulentus
  - Genus Trogopterus
    - Complex-toothed flying squirrel, T. xanthipes

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