Sciurinae () 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]
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Subfamily Sciurinae[4]
- Tribe Sciurini
- Genus Microsciurus – American dwarf squirrels
- Genus Rheithrosciurus
- 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
- Subgenus Guerlinguetus
- Subgenus Tenes
- Subgenus Hadrosciurus
- Subgenus Hesperosciurus
- Subgenus Urosciurus
- Genus Syntheosciurus
- Genus Tamiasciurus - pine squirrels
- Tribe Pteromyini – flying squirrels
- Subtribe Glaucomyina
- Genus Eoglaucomys
- Genus Glaucomys – New World flying squirrels
- 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
- Genus Petaurillus – pygmy flying squirrels
- Genus Petinomys
- Subtribe Pteromyina
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, 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.
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