Sciurinae (/sɪˈjuːrɪneɪ/) is a subfamily of squirrels (in the family Sciuridae), uniting the flying squirrels with certain related tree squirrels. Older sources[1][2] 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.[3]
| Sciurinae Temporal range: Late Eocene - recent
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| Syntheosciurus brochus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Subfamily: | Sciurinae Hemprich, 1820 |
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Classification
editSubfamily Sciurinae[4]
- Tribe Sciurini
- Genus Microsciurus – American 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
- Calabrian black squirrel, S. meridionalis
- Mexican fox squirrel, S. nayaritensis
- 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
- Yellow-throated squirrel, S. gilvigularis
- Red-tailed squirrel, S. granatensis
- Bolivian squirrel, S. ignitus
- 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
- Subgenus Sciurus
- Genus Syntheosciurus
- Bangs's mountain squirrel, S. brochus
- Genus Tamiasciurus - pine squirrels
- Douglas squirrel, T. douglasii
- Southwestern red squirrel T. fremonti
- American red squirrel, T. hudsonicus
- Mearns's squirrel, T. mearnsi
- Genus Microsciurus – American dwarf squirrels
- 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
- Humboldt's flying squirrel, G. oregonensis
- 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
- Genus Eoglaucomys
- 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
- Laotian giant flying squirrel, B. laoensis
- Mount Gaoligong flying squirrel, B. gaoligongensis
- Genus Eupetaurus
- Western woolly flying squirrel, Eupetaurus cinereus
- Yunnan woolly flying squirrel, Eupetaurus nivamons
- Tibetan woolly flying squirrel, Eupetaurus tibetensis
- 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
- Genus Aeretes
- Subtribe Glaucomyina
References
edit- ^ Hoffmann, R.S.; Anderson, C.G.; Thorington, R.W.J; Heaney, L.R (1993). Wilson, D.E; Reeder, Reeder (eds.). Family Sciuridae. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press. pp. 419–465.
- ^ Thorington, RW; Pitassy, D; Jansa, S (2002). "Phylogenies of flying squirrels (Pteromyinae)". J. Mamm. Evol. 9: 99–135. doi:10.1023/A:1021335912016. S2CID 12443674.
- ^ 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