List of sciurids

The author citation for the species or genus is given after the scientific name; parentheses around the author citation indicate that this was not the original taxonomic placement. Conservation status codes listed follow the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. Range maps are provided wherever possible; if a range map is not available, a description of the sciurid's range is provided. Ranges are based on the IUCN Red List for that species unless otherwise noted. ==Classification==

Sciuridae is a family consisting of 284 extant species in 60 genera. These genera are divided between five subfamilies: Callosciurinae, Ratufinae, Sciurillinae, Sciurinae, and Xerinae. Callosciurinae contains 67 species in 14 genera, Ratufinae contains four species in a single genus, Sciurillinae contains a single species, Sciurinae contains 84 species in 20 genera, and Xerinae contains 128 species in 24 genera. Family Sciuridae • Subfamily Callosciurinae • Genus Callosciurus (beautiful squirrels): fifteen species • Genus Dremomys (red-cheeked squirrels): six species • Genus Exilisciurus (pygmy squirrels): three species • Genus Funambulus (palm squirrels): six species • Genus Glyphotes (sculptor squirrel): one species • Genus Hyosciurus (long-nosed squirrels): two species • Genus Lariscus (black-striped squirrels): four species • Genus Menetes (Berdmore's ground squirrel): one species • Genus Nannosciurus (black-eared squirrel): one species • Genus Prosciurillus (Sulawesi tree squirrels): seven species • Genus Rhinosciurus (shrew-faced squirrel): one species • Genus Rubrisciurus (red-bellied squirrel): one species • Genus Sundasciurus (Sunda squirrels): fifteen species • Genus Tamiops (Asiatic striped squirrels): four species • Subfamily Ratufinae • Genus Ratufa (giant squirrels): four species • Subfamily Sciurillinae • Genus Sciurillus (neotropical pygmy squirrel): one species • Subfamily Sciurinae • Genus Aeretes (groove-toothed flying squirrel): one species • Genus Aeromys (large black flying squirrels): two species • Genus Belomys (hairy-footed flying squirrel): one species • Genus Biswamoyopterus (Indochinese giant flying squirrels): two species • Genus Eoglaucomys (Kashmir flying squirrel): one species • Genus Eupetaurus (western woolly flying squirrel): one species • Genus Glaucomys (New World flying squirrels): two species • Genus Hylopetes (arrow-tailed flying squirrels): nine species • Genus Iomys (Horsfield's flying squirrels): two species • Genus Microsciurus (dwarf squirrels): four species • Genus Petaurillus (pygmy flying squirrels): three species • Genus Petaurista (giant flying squirrels): ten species • Genus Petinomys (dwarf flying squirrels): eight species • Genus Pteromys (Old World flying squirrels): two species • Genus Pteromyscus (smoky flying squirrel): one species • Genus Rheithrosciurus (tufted ground squirrel): one species • Genus Sciurus (tree squirrels): twenty-nine species • Genus Syntheosciurus (Bangs's mountain squirrel): one species • Genus Tamiasciurus (American pine squirrels): three species • Genus Trogopterus (complex-toothed flying squirrel): one species • Subfamily Xerinae • Genus Ammospermophilus (antelope squirrels): four species • Genus Atlantoxerus (Barbary ground squirrel): one species • Genus Callospermophilus (golden-mantled ground squirrels): three species • Genus Cynomys (prairie dogs): five species • Genus Epixerus (Ebian's palm squirrel): one species • Genus Eutamias (Siberian chipmunk): one species • Genus Funisciurus (rope squirrels): ten species • Genus Heliosciurus (sun squirrels): six species • Genus Ictidomys (lined ground squirrels): two species • Genus Marmota (marmots): fourteen species • Genus Myosciurus (African pygmy squirrel): one species • Genus Neotamias (chipmunks): twenty-three species • Genus Notocitellus (tropical ground squirrels): two species • Genus Otospermophilus (American rock squirrels): two species • Genus Paraxerus (African bush squirrels): eleven species • Genus Poliocitellus (Franklin's ground squirrel): one species • Genus Protoxerus (African giant squirrels): two species • Genus Sciurotamias (Chinese rock squirrels): two species • Genus Spermophilopsis (long-clawed ground squirrel): one species • Genus Spermophilus (Holarctic ground squirrels): fifteen species • Genus Tamias (eastern chipmunk): one species • Genus Urocitellus (ground squirrels): twelve species • Genus Xerospermophilus (desert ground squirrels): four species • Genus Xerus (unstriped ground squirrels): four species ==Sciurids==

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