The Sciurinae is a subfamily of squirrels in the (family Sciuridae). It unites 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.

Classification

• Subfamily Sciurinae
  • Tribe Sciurini
    • Microsciurus
    • Rheithrosciurus
    • Sciurus
    • Syntheosciurus
    • Tamiasciurus
  • Tribe Pteromyini - flying squirrels
    • Aeretes
    • Aeromys
    • Belomys
    • Biswamoyopterus
    • Eoglaucomys
    • Eupetaurus
    • Glaucomys
    • Hylopetes
    • Iomys
    • Petaurillus
    • Petaurista
    • Petinomys
    • Pteromys
    • Pteromyscus
    • Trogopterus

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. John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.

Squirrels

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