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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Euarchontoglires
Ordo: Rodentia
Subordo: Sciuromorpha

Familia: Sciuridae
Subfamilia: Callosciurinae
Genus: Callosciurus - Dremomys - Exilisciurus - Funambulus - Glyphotes - Hyosciurus - Lariscus - Menetes - Nannosciurus - Prosciurillus - Rhinosciurus - Rubrisciurus - Sundasciurus - Tamiops

Name
Callosciurinae Pocock, 1923

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

Family Sciuridae[1]
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)

References

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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