Callosciurinae

Taxobox
name = Callosciurinae
fossil_range = Late Pliocene - Recent

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image_width = 240px
image_caption = Prevost's Squirrel ("Callosciurus prevostii")
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Sciuridae
subfamilia = Callosciurinae
subfamilia_authority = Pocock, 1923
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "Callosciurus"
"Dremomys"
"Exilisciurus"
"Funambulus"
"Glyphotes"
"Hyosciurus"
"Lariscus"
"Menetes"
"Nannosciurus"
"Prosciurillus"
"Rhinosciurus"
"Rubrisciurus"
"Sundasciurus"
"Tamiops"

Callosciurinae is an Asiatic subfamily of squirrels. It contains about 60 species, most of them in South East Asia. It is named after the Callosciurus genus, which means 'Beautiful Squirrels'.

Classification

*Family Sciuridae
**Subfamily Callosciurinae
***Tribe Callosciurini
****"Callosciurus" - Beautiful squirrels (15 species)
****"Dremomys" - Red-cheeked squirrels or Asian montane squirrels (5 species)
****"Exilisciurus" - Asian pygmy squirrels (3 species)
****"Glyphotes" - Sculptor squirrel
****"Hyosciurus" - Long-nosed squirrels (2 species)
****"Lariscus" - Striped ground squirrel (4 species)
****"Menetes" - Berdmore's Ground squirrel or Indochinese ground squirrel
****"Nannosciurus" - Black-eared pygmy squirrel
****"Prosciurillus"- Dwarf squirrels or Sulawesi tree squirrels (4 species)
****"Rhinosciurus" - Shrew-faced Squirrel
****"Rubrisciurus" - Red-bellied squirrel or Sulawesi giant squirrel
****"Sundasciurus" - Sunda tree squirrels (2 subgenus, 15 species)
****"Tamiops" - Asiatic Striped Squirrels (4 species)
***Tribe Funambulini
****"Funambulus" - Palm squirrels (2 subgenus, 5 species)

References

*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.