Sciurinae () is a subfamily of squirrels (in the family Sciuridae), uniting 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.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.
Classification
Subfamily SciurinaeThorington, 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 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 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 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 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
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