The Callosciurinae are an Asiatic subfamily of 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 Sciuridae
[Thorington, 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.]
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Subfamily Callosciurinae
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Tribe Callosciurini
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Callosciurus – Beautiful squirrels (15 species)
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Dremomys – Red-cheeked squirrels or Asian montane squirrels (six species)
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Exilisciurus – Asian pygmy squirrels (three species)
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Glyphotes – sculptor squirrel
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Hyosciurus – Long-nosed squirrels (two species)
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Lariscus – Striped ground squirrels (four species)
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Menetes – Berdmore's ground squirrel or Indochinese ground squirrel
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Nannosciurus – Black-eared pygmy squirrel
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Prosciurillus– Dwarf squirrels or Sulawesi tree squirrels (five species)
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Rhinosciurus – Shrew-faced squirrel
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Rubrisciurus – Red-bellied squirrel or Sulawesi giant squirrel
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Sundasciurus – Sunda tree squirrels (two subgenera, 15 species)
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Tamiops – Asiatic striped squirrels (four species)
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Tribe Funambulini
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Funambulus – palm squirrels (two subgenera, five species)
