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

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

Classification

SUBFAMILY SCIURINAE^[2]

Tribe Sciurini
- Genus Microsciurus - 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
    - Mexican fox squirrel, S. nayaritensis
    - Eastern 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
    - South Yungas red squirrel, S. argentinius
    - Yellow-throated squirrel, S. gilvigularis
    - Red-tailed squirrel, S. granatensis
    - Bolivian squirrel, S. ignitus
    - Atlantic Forest squirrel, S. ingrami
    - 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
  - 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
  - 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
  - Genus Eupetaurus
    - Woolly flying squirrel, E. cinereus
  - 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

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. walker's mammals of the world 5th edition Volume 1

Extant species of family Sciuridae (subfamily Sciurinae, Sciurini tribe)

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Suborder: Sciuromorpha

Microsciurus (Dwarf squirrels)	Central American Dwarf Squirrel (Microsciurus alfari) Western Dwarf Squirrel (Microsciurus mimulus) Amazon Dwarf Squirrel (Microsciurus flaviventer) Santander Dwarf Squirrel (Microsciurus santanderensis)

Rheithrosciurus	Tufted Ground Squirrel (Rheithrosciurus macrotis)

Sciurus	Subgenus Tenes Caucasian Squirrel (Sciurus anomalus) Subgenus Sciurus Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) Japanese Squirrel (Sciurus lis) Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) Mexican Gray Squirrel (Sciurus aureogaster) Collie's Squirrel (Sciurus colliaei) Yucatan Squirrel (Sciurus yucatanensis) Variegated Squirrel (Sciurus variegatoides) Deppe's Squirrel (Sciurus deppei) Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Peters's Squirrel (Sciurus oculatus) Allen's Squirrel (Sciurus alleni) Mexican Fox Squirrel (Sciurus nayaritensis) Arizona Gray Squirrel (Sciurus arizonensis) Subgenus Hesperosciurus Western Gray Squirrel (Sciurus griseus) Subgenus Otosciurus Abert's Squirrel (Sciurus aberti) Subgenus Guerlinguetus Red-tailed Squirrel (Sciurus granatensis) Richmond's Squirrel (Sciurus richmondi) Brazilian Squirrel (Sciurus aestuans) Yellow-throated Squirrel (Sciurus gilvigularis) Bolivian Squirrel (Sciurus ignitus) Atlantic Forest Squirrel (Sciurus ingrami) Andean Squirrel (Sciurus pucheranii) Guayaquil Squirrel (Sciurus stramineus) Sanborn's Squirrel (Sciurus sanborni) South Yungas Red Squirrel (Sciurus argentinius) Subgenus Hadrosciurus Fiery Squirrel (Sciurus flammifer) Junín Red Squirrel (Sciurus pyrrhinus) Subgenus Urosciurus Northern Amazon Red Squirrel (Sciurus igniventris) Southern Amazon Red Squirrel (Sciurus spadiceus)

Syntheosciurus	Bangs's Mountain Squirrel (Syntheosciurus brochus)

Tamiasciurus (Pine squirrels)	Douglas Squirrel (Tamiasciurus douglasii) American Red Squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)

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Extant species of family Sciuridae (subfamily Sciurinae, Pteromyini (Flying squirrels) tribe)

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Suborder: Sciuromorpha

Eoglaucomys	Kashmir flying squirrel (Eoglaucomys fimbriatus)

Glaucomys (New World flying squirrels)	Southern flying squirrel (Glaucomys volans) Northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus)

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)

Iomys	Javanese flying squirrel (Iomys horsfieldi) Mentawi flying squirrel (Iomys sipora)

Petaurillus (Pygmy flying squirrels)	Lesser pygmy flying squirrel (Petaurillus emiliae) Hose's pygmy flying squirrel (Petaurillus hosei) Selangor pygmy flying squirrel (Petaurillus kinlochii)

Petinomys	Basilan flying squirrel (Petinomys crinitus) Whiskered flying squirrel (Petinomys genibarbis) Hagen's flying squirrel (Petinomys hageni) Siberut flying squirrel (Petinomys lugens) Arrow flying squirrel (Petinomys sagitta) Temminck's flying squirrel (Petinomys setosus) Vordermann's flying squirrel (Petinomys vordermanni) Travancore flying squirrel (Petinomys fuscocapillus)

Aeretes	Groove-toothed flying squirrel (Aeretes melanopterus)

Aeromys (Large black flying squirrels)	Black flying squirrel (Aeromys tephromelas) Thomas's flying squirrel (Aeromys thomasi)

Belomys	Hairy-footed flying squirrel (Belomys pearsonii)

Biswamoyopterus	Namdapha flying squirrel (Biswamoyopterus biswasi) Laotian giant flying squirrel (Biswamoyopterus laoensis)

Eupetaurus	Woolly flying squirrel (Eupetaurus cinereus)

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)

Pteromys (Old World flying squirrels)	Siberian flying squirrel (Pteromys volans) Japanese dwarf flying squirrel (Pteromys momonga)

Pteromyscus	Smoky flying squirrel (Pteromyscus pulverulentus)

Trogopterus	Complex-toothed flying squirrel (Trogopterus xanthipes)

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