Sciuridae

Classification

Genera in Sciuridae

• Sciurus — 84 species: Sciurus aberti, Sciurus aestuans, Sciurus alleni, Sciurus angusticeps, Sciurus annulatus, Sciurus anomalus, Sciurus aoris, Sciurus arctomyoides
• Tamias — 30 species: Tamias alpinus, Tamias amoenus, Tamias aristus, Tamias bulleri, Tamias butteri, Tamias canipes, Tamias cinereicollis, Tamias dorsalis
• Spermophilus — 27 species: Spermophilus alashanicus, Spermophilus boothi, Spermophilus brevicauda, Spermophilus citellus, Spermophilus cyanocittus, Spermophilus dauricus, Spermophilus erythrogenys, Spermophilus fulvus
• Marmota — 22 species: Marmota arizonae, Marmota baibacina, Marmota bobak, Marmota broweri, Marmota caligata, Marmota camischatica, Marmota camtschatica, Marmota caudata
• Sundasciurus — 21 species: Sundasciurus altitudinis, Sundasciurus brookei, Sundasciurus davensis, Sundasciurus everett, Sundasciurus everetti, Sundasciurus fraterculus, Sundasciurus hippurus, Sundasciurus hoogstraali
• Callosciurus — 17 species: Callosciurus adamsi, Callosciurus baluensis, Callosciurus baluenss, Callosciurus caniceps, Callosciurus erythraeus, Callosciurus finlaysonii, Callosciurus flavimanus, Callosciurus honkhoaiensis
• Petaurista — 16 species: Petaurista alborufus, Petaurista batuana, Petaurista caniceps, Petaurista elegans, Petaurista hainana, Petaurista lena, Petaurista leucogenys, Petaurista magnifiais
• Paraxerus — 15 species: Paraxerus alexandri, Paraxerus boehmi, Paraxerus cepapi, Paraxerus cooperi, Paraxerus flavivittis, Paraxerus flavouvittis, Paraxerus flavovittis, Paraxerus inuus
• Urocitellus — 15 species: Urocitellus armatus, Urocitellus beldingi, Urocitellus brunneus, Urocitellus canus, Urocitellus columbianus, Urocitellus elegans, Urocitellus endemicus, Urocitellus mollis
• Cynomys — 12 species: Cynomys grisea, Cynomys gunnisoni, Cynomys hibbardi, Cynomys leucurus, Cynomys ludovicianus, Cynomys mexicanus, Cynomys niobrarius, Cynomys parvidens
• Funisciurus — 10 species: Funisciurus anerythrus, Funisciurus bayonii, Funisciurus carruthersi, Funisciurus congicus, Funisciurus duchaillui, Funisciurus isabella, Funisciurus lemniscatus, Funisciurus leucogenys
• Hylopetes — 10 species: Hylopetes alboniger, Hylopetes bartelsi, Hylopetes hoeckarum, Hylopetes nigripes, Hylopetes phayrei, Hylopetes platyurus, Hylopetes sagitta, Hylopetes sipora
• Ratufa — 10 species: Ratufa affinis, Ratufa balae, Ratufa bicolor, Ratufa conspicua, Ratufa indica, Ratufa insignis, Ratufa macroura, Ratufa maelongensis
• Miopetaurista — 9 species: Miopetaurista albanensis, Miopetaurista crusafonti, Miopetaurista dehmi, Miopetaurista diescalidus, Miopetaurista gaillardi, Miopetaurista lappi, Miopetaurista neogrivensis, Miopetaurista thaleri
• Ammospermophilus — 8 species: Ammospermophilus fossilis, Ammospermophilus hanfordi, Ammospermophilus harrisii, Ammospermophilus insularis, Ammospermophilus interpres, Ammospermophilus jeffriesi, Ammospermophilus leucurus, Ammospermophilus nelsoni
• Petinomys — 8 species: Petinomys crinitus, Petinomys fuscocapillus, Petinomys genibarbis, Petinomys hageni, Petinomys lugens, Petinomys mindanensis, Petinomys setosus, Petinomys vordermanni
• Funambulus — 7 species: Funambulus layardi, Funambulus palmarum, Funambulus pennant, Funambulus pennantii, Funambulus sublineatus, Funambulus trisiriatus, Funambulus tristriatus
• Prosciurillus — 7 species: Prosciurillus abstrusus, Prosciurillus alstoni, Prosciurillus leucomus, Prosciurillus murinus, Prosciurillus rosenbergii, Prosciurillus topapuensis, Prosciurillus weberi
• Dremomys — 6 species: Dremomys everetti, Dremomys gularis, Dremomys lokriah, Dremomys pernyi, Dremomys pyrrhomerus, Dremomys rufigenis
• Eutamias — 6 species: Eutamias ateles, Eutamias canipes, Eutamias ertemtensis, Eutamias malloryi, Eutamias ochrogenys, Eutamias siskiyou
• Exilisciurus — 6 species: Exilisciurus concinnus, Exilisciurus exilis, Exilisciurus luncefordi, Exilisciurus samaricus, Exilisciurus surrutilus, Exilisciurus whiteheadi
• Heliosciurus — 6 species: Heliosciurus gambianus, Heliosciurus mutabilis, Heliosciurus punctatus, Heliosciurus rufobrachium, Heliosciurus ruwenzorii, Heliosciurus undulatus
• Tamiops — 6 species: Tamiops maritimus, Tamiops mcclellandii, Tamiops mcclellandun, Tamiops rodolphii, Tamiops swinhoei, Tamiops swinhoer
• Microsciurus — 5 species: Microsciurus alfari, Microsciurus flaviventer, Microsciurus manarius, Microsciurus mimulus, Microsciurus santanderensis
• Lariscus — 4 species:
• Otospermophilus — 4 species:
• Protosciurus — 4 species:
• Tamiasciurus — 4 species:
• Xerospermophilus — 4 species:
• Xerus — 4 species:
• Biswamoyopterus — 3 species:
• Callospermophilus — 3 species:
• Cedromus — 3 species:
• Eupetaurus — 3 species:
• Hesperopetes — 3 species:
• Hyosciurus — 3 species:
• Ictidomys — 3 species:
• Palaearctomys — 3 species:
• Palaeosciurus — 3 species:
• Petaurillus — 3 species:
• Protoxerus — 3 species:
• Spermophilinus — 3 species:
• Aeretes — 2 species:
• Aeromys — 2 species:
• Albanensia — 2 species:
• Aliveria — 2 species:
• Atlantoxerus — 2 species:
• Belomys — 2 species:
• Glaucomys — 2 species:
• Glyphotes — 2 species:
• Kherem — 2 species:
• Menetes — 2 species:
• Miospermophilus — 2 species:
• Myosciurus — 2 species:
• Notocitellus — 2 species:
• Nototamias — 2 species:
• Pliopetaurista — 2 species:
• Poliocitellus — 2 species:
• Pteromys — 2 species:
• Pteromyscus — 2 species:
• Sciurotamias — 2 species:
• Arctomyoides — 1 species:
• Blackia — 1 species:
• Comtia — 1 species:
• Cynomyoides — 1 species:
• Drenwmys — 1 species:
• Eoglaucomys — 1 species:
• Epixerus — 1 species:
• Glaucomas — 1 species:
• Heteroxerus — 1 species:
• Iomys — 1 species:
• Nannosciurus — 1 species:
• Neotamias — 1 species:
• Notosciurus — 1 species:
• Oligosciurus — 1 species:
• Paenemarmota — 1 species:
• Paratamias — 1 species:
• Petauristodon — 1 species:
• Plesiosciurus — 1 species:
• Protospermophilus — 1 species:
• Rheithrosciurus — 1 species:
• Rhinosciurus — 1 species:
• Rubrisciurus — 1 species:
• Sabara — 1 species:
• Sciurillus — 1 species:
• Sciurion — 1 species:
• Similisciurus — 1 species:
• Spermophilopsis — 1 species:
• Syntheosciurus — 1 species:
• Trogopterus — 1 species:
• Miosciurus
• Oligospermophilus
• Parapaenemarmota
• Prospermophilus

Source and Attribution

Taxonomic rank data on this page is drawn from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, doi.org/10.15468/39omei, GBIF Secretariat, licensed CC BY 4.0. Member-species counts are counts of records held in the Sanctum species index, not a claim of completeness for the family.