Sciurinae

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Sciurinae Fossil range: Late Eocene - Recent
Syntheosciurus brochus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Sciuridae Subfamily: Sciurinae Hemprich, 1820
Genera
Tribe Sciurini Microsciurus Rheithrosciurus Sciurus Syntheosciurus Tamiasciurus Tribe Pteromyini Aeretes Aeromys Belomys Biswamoyopterus Eoglaucomys Eupetaurus Glaucomys Hylopetes Iomys Petaurillus Petaurista Petinomys Pteromys Pteromyscus Trogopterus

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.

[edit] 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

[edit] 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. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.