Callosciurinae Explained

The Callosciurinae are an Asiatic subfamily of squirrels containing over 60 species (mostly found in South East Asia) named after the genus Callosciurus, which means "beautiful squirrels".

Classification

• Family Sciuridae^[1]
  • Subfamily Callosciurinae
    • Tribe Callosciurini
      • Callosciurus - Beautiful squirrels (15 species)
      • Dremomys - Red-cheeked squirrels or Asian montane squirrels (six species)
      • Exilisciurus - Asian pygmy squirrels (three species)
      • Glyphotes - sculptor squirrel
      • Hyosciurus - Long-nosed squirrels (two species)
      • Lariscus - Striped ground squirrels (four species)
      • Menetes - Berdmore's ground squirrel or Indochinese ground squirrel
      • Nannosciurus - Black-eared pygmy squirrel
      • Prosciurillus- Dwarf squirrels or Sulawesi tree squirrels (five species)
      • Rhinosciurus - Shrew-faced squirrel
      • Rubrisciurus - Red-bellied squirrel or Sulawesi giant squirrel
      • Sundasciurus - Sunda tree squirrels (two subgenera, 15 species)
      • Tamiops - Asiatic striped squirrels (four species)
    • Tribe Funambulini
      • Funambulus - palm squirrels (two subgenera, five species)

Notes and References

1. 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.