Callosciurinae
{{Short description|Subfamily of rodents}}
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| fossil_range = Late Pliocene to recent
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| image_caption = Prevost's squirrel (Callosciurus prevostii)
| taxon = Callosciurinae
| authority = Pocock, 1923
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The Callosciurinae are an Asiatic subfamily of squirrels containing over 60 species (mostly found in South East Asia) named after the genus Callosciurus, which means "beautiful squirrels".
Classification
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- Family SciuridaeThorington, R. W. Jr. and R. S. Hoffman. 2005. Family Sciuridae. pp. 754–818 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
- Subfamily Callosciurinae
- Tribe Callosciurini
- Callosciurus - Beautiful squirrels (15 species)
- Dremomys - Red-cheeked squirrels or Asian montane squirrels (six species)
- Exilisciurus - Asian pygmy squirrels (three species)
- Glyphotes - sculptor squirrel
- Hyosciurus - Long-nosed squirrels (two species)
- Lariscus - Striped ground squirrels (four species)
- Menetes - Berdmore's ground squirrel or Indochinese ground squirrel
- Nannosciurus - Black-eared pygmy squirrel
- Prosciurillus- Dwarf squirrels or Sulawesi tree squirrels (five species)
- Rhinosciurus - Shrew-faced squirrel
- Rubrisciurus - Red-bellied squirrel or Sulawesi giant squirrel
- Sundasciurus - Sunda tree squirrels (two subgenera, 15 species)
- Tamiops - Asiatic striped squirrels (four species)
- Tribe Funambulini
- Funambulus - palm squirrels (two subgenera, five species)
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Category:Taxa named by R. I. Pocock
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