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".

Callosciurinae
Temporal range: Late Pliocene to recent
Prevost's squirrel (Callosciurus prevostii)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Subfamily: Callosciurinae
Pocock, 1923
Genera

Callosciurus
Dremomys
Exilisciurus
Funambulus
Glyphotes
Hyosciurus
Lariscus
Menetes
Nannosciurus
Prosciurillus
Rhinosciurus
Rubrisciurus
Sundasciurus
Tamiops

Classification

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  • 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)

References

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  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.

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