Sciurinae () is a subfamily of (in the family Sciuridae), uniting the 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 Sciurinae[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. Walker's Mammals of the World 5th edition Volume 1]
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Tribe Sciurini
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Genus Microsciurus – American dwarf squirrels
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Central American dwarf squirrel, M. alfari
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Amazon dwarf squirrel, M. flaviventer
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Western dwarf squirrel, M. mimulus
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Santander dwarf squirrel, M. santanderensis
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Genus Rheithrosciurus
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Tufted ground squirrel, R. macrotis
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Genus Sciurus
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Subgenus Sciurus
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Allen's squirrel, S. alleni
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Arizona gray squirrel, S. arizonensis
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Mexican gray squirrel, S. aureogaster
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Eastern gray squirrel, S. carolinensis
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Collie's squirrel, S. colliaei
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Deppe's squirrel, S. deppei
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Japanese squirrel, S. lis
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Calabrian black squirrel, S. meridionalis
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Mexican fox squirrel, S. nayaritensis
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Fox squirrel, S. niger
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Peters's squirrel, S. oculatus
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Variegated squirrel, S. variegatoides
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Red squirrel, S. vulgaris
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Yucatan squirrel, S. yucatanensis
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Subgenus Otosciurus
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Abert's squirrel, S. aberti
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Subgenus Guerlinguetus
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Brazilian squirrel or Guianan squirrel, S. aestuans
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Yellow-throated squirrel, S. gilvigularis
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Red-tailed squirrel, S. granatensis
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Bolivian squirrel, S. ignitus
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Andean squirrel, S. pucheranii
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Richmond's squirrel, S. richmondi
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Sanborn's squirrel, S. sanborni
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Guayaquil squirrel, S. stramineus
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Subgenus Tenes
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Subgenus Hadrosciurus
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Subgenus Hesperosciurus
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Western gray squirrel, S. griseus
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Subgenus Urosciurus
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Northern Amazon red squirrel, S. igniventris
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Southern Amazon red squirrel, S. spadiceus
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Genus Syntheosciurus
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Bangs's mountain squirrel, S. brochus
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Genus Pine squirrel - pine squirrels
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Douglas squirrel, T. douglasii
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Southwestern red squirrel T. fremonti
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American red squirrel, T. hudsonicus
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Mearns's squirrel, T. mearnsi
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Tribe Pteromyini – flying squirrels
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Subtribe Glaucomyina
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Genus Eoglaucomys
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Kashmir flying squirrel, E. fimbriatus
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Genus Glaucomys – New World flying squirrels
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Southern flying squirrel, G. volans
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Northern flying squirrel, G. sabrinus
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Humboldt's flying squirrel, G. oregonensis
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Genus Hylopetes
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Particolored flying squirrel, H. alboniger
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Afghan flying squirrel, H. baberi
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Bartel's flying squirrel, H. bartelsi
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Gray-cheeked flying squirrel, H. lepidus
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Palawan flying squirrel, H. nigripes
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Indochinese flying squirrel, H. phayrei
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Jentink's flying squirrel, H. platyurus
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Sipora flying squirrel, H. sipora
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Red-cheeked flying squirrel, H. spadiceus
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Sumatran flying squirrel, H. winstoni
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Genus Iomys
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Javanese flying squirrel, I. horsfieldi
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Mentawi flying squirrel, I. sipora
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Genus Petaurillus – pygmy flying squirrels
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Lesser pygmy flying squirrel, P. emiliae
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Hose's pygmy flying squirrel, P. hosei
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Selangor pygmy flying squirrel, P. kinlochii
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Genus Petinomys
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Basilan flying squirrel, P. crinitus
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Travancore flying squirrel, P. fuscocapillus
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Whiskered flying squirrel, P. genibarbis
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Hagen's flying squirrel, P. hageni
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Siberut flying squirrel, P. lugens
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Mindanao flying squirrel, P. mindanensis
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Arrow flying squirrel, P. sagitta
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Temminck's flying squirrel, P. setosus
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Vordermann's flying squirrel, P. vordermanni
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Subtribe Pteromyina
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Genus Aeretes
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Groove-toothed flying squirrel, A. melanopterus
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Genus Aeromys – large black flying squirrels
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Black flying squirrel, A. tephromelas
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Thomas's flying squirrel, A. thomasi
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Genus Belomys
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Hairy-footed flying squirrel, B. pearsonii
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Genus Biswamoyopterus
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Namdapha flying squirrel, B. biswasi
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Laotian giant flying squirrel, B. laoensis
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Mount Gaoligong flying squirrel, B. gaoligongensis
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Genus Eupetaurus
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Western woolly flying squirrel, Eupetaurus cinereus
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Yunnan woolly flying squirrel, Eupetaurus nivamons
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Tibetan woolly flying squirrel, Eupetaurus tibetensis
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Genus Petaurista
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Red and white giant flying squirrel, P. alborufus
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Spotted giant flying squirrel, P. elegans
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Hodgson's giant flying squirrel, P. magnificus
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Bhutan giant flying squirrel, P. nobilis
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Indian giant flying squirrel, P. philippensis
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Chinese giant flying squirrel, P. xanthotis
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Japanese giant flying squirrel, P. leucogenys
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Red giant flying squirrel, P. petaurista
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Genus Pteromys – Old World flying squirrel
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Siberian flying squirrel, P. volans
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Japanese dwarf flying squirrel, P. momonga
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Genus Pteromyscus
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Smoky flying squirrel, P. pulverulentus
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Genus Trogopterus
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Complex-toothed flying squirrel, T. xanthipes