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