Sciuridae

The sciuridés are a family of Mammifère S Rongeur S whose name comes from the Latin Scurius and of the Greek skiouros .

Classification distinguishes, on the one hand the group of the flying squirrels (subfamily of ptéromyinés) and on the other hand the subfamily of sciurinés which includes/understands the arboricolous squirrel S, the terrestrial squirrels (dogs of meadows, Marmotte S, the Spermophile S and striped Tamia S).

Classification

Pteromyinae

flying Squirrels :
  • Aeretes , with a species, the Groove-toothed flying squirrel, the North-East of the China.
  • Aeromys , with 2 species of the Thailand to Borneo.
  • Belomys , with a species, the hairy-footed flying squirrel, in Southeast Asia.
  • Eupetaurus , with a species, the Woolly Flying Squirrel, Cashmere; rare.
  • Glaucomys , with two species, flying squirrels in North America.
  • Hylopetes , with 7 species, in Southeast Asia.
  • Iomys , with a species, Horsfield' S flying squirrel, Malaysia and Indonesia.
  • Petaurillus , 908 squirrels flying Pygmies with 3 species, Borneo and Malaysia.
  • Petaurista (giant flying squirrels), 5 species, in Southeast Asia.
  • Petinomys , 9 species, in Southeast Asia.
  • Pteromys , 2 species, of the Finland to the Japan.
  • Pteromyscus , a species, the Smoky flying squirrel, south of the Thailand to Borneo.
  • Trogopterus , a species, the Complex-toothed flying squirrel, China.

Sciurinae

Arboricolous squirrels

  • Callosciurus , 15 species, Asia.
  • Epixerus (giant palm squirrels), 2 species, West Africa
  • Exilisciurus (pygmy squirrels), 6 species, Filipino Borneo and .
  • Funambulus (palm squirrels), 5 species, India
  • Funisciurus , 12 species, central and southern Africa
    • Funisciurus congicus - Funisciure de Kuhl
    • Funisciurus bayonii - Funisciure de Bocage
    • Funisciurus carruthersi - Squirrel of Carruther
    • Funisciurus pyrrhopus - Funisciure with russet-red legs
    • Funisciurus anerythrus - Funisciure with back striped
  • Glyphotes (sculptor squirrels), 2 species, Borneo
  • Heliosciurus (sun squirrels), 3 species, Africa
    • Heliosciurus ruwenzorii - Héliosciure of Ruwenzori, Area of the Big lakes
    • Heliosciurus gambianus - Héliosciure of Gambia
    • Heliosciurus rufobrachium - Héliosciure with russet-red legs
  • Hyosciurus , 1 species, the Celebes length-nosed squirrel, Sulawesi (Indonesia)
  • Microsciurus (pygmy squirrels), 5 species, southern Central America and Northern South America
  • Myosciurus , 1 species, the squirrel African Pygmy, Cameroun and Gabon; smallest of sciuridés.
  • Nannosciurus , 1 species, the Black-eared pygmy squirrel, Indonesia
  • Paraxerus (Squirrels of bush), 12 species, Africa
    • Paraxerus cepapi - Squirrel of Smith
    • Paraxerus alexandri - Squirrel of Alexandre, Congo
    • Paraxerus boehmi - Squirrel of Boehm, NR & E of Congo
    • Paraxerus poensis - Squirrel of Fernando Po, NR of Congo
    • Paraxerus carruthersi - Squirrel of Carruther, Ruwenzori and area big lakes
    • Protoxerus stangeri - Large Squirrel of Stanger
  • Prosciurillus (dwarf squirrels), 5 species, Sulawesi (Indonesia)
  • Protoxerus (giant squirrels), 2 species, of Liberia in Kenya and Angola
  • Ratufa , 4 species, Southeast Asia; largest of the arboricolous squirrels
  • Rhinosciurus , 1 species, the Shrew-faced gold Length-nosed squirrel, Thailand, Malaya, Sumatra, and Borneo
  • Rubrisciurus , 1 species, the Red-bellied squirrel, Sulawesi (Indonesia)
  • Sciurillus , 1 species, the Neotropical pygmy squirrel, the Guianas, the North-East of Brazil and Amazonia Peruvian.
  • Sciurus (typical arboricolous squirrels), 31 species, Europe, Middle-East, north of Asia, North America, South America; the greatest kind of the family with in particular the russet-red squirrel and the gray squirrel.
  • Sundasciurus , 13 species, of Thailand in Indonesia and the south of Philippines
  • Syntheosciurus (squirrel of mountain Panama and Costa Rica; rare
  • Tamiasciurus 2 species (russet-red Squirrel of America and the squirrel the Douglas one), north and west of the United States and Canada Alaska.

Terrestrial squirrels

  • Ammospermophilus (squirrel-antelopes), 5 species, South-west of the United States and Nord of Mexico.
  • Atlantoxerus , a species, squirrel of Cruelty, Morocco and Algérie.
  • Cynomys (Dog of meadow), 5 species, of North Dakota in Mexico.
  • Dremomys , 4 species, Southeast Asia.
  • Lariscus , 4 species, striped terrestrial squirrels, South of Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia.
  • Marmota (Marmot S), 14 species.
  • Menetes , a species, Berdmore' S ground squirrel, Burma, Indo-China and Thailand.
  • Rheithrosciurus , a species, the Tufted ground squirrel, Borneo
  • Spermophilopsis , a species, the length-clawed ground squirrel, Middle East.
  • Spermophilus , 36 species, of the Central Europe in Siberia in the north of Mexico with, in particular:
    • Spermophilus beecheyi , the terrestrial squirrel of California,
    • Spermophilus franklinii , the terrestrial squirrel of Franklin,
    • Spermophilus citellus , the spermophile or Souslik d' Europe.
  • Tamia S (Tamia S), 23 species, of the north of Mexico in Canada with Siberia.
  • Tamiops , 4 species, striped squirrels, Burma, Kampuchea, China, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Taiwan, and Vietnam.
  • Xerus , 4 species, Africa except the Sahara:
    • Xerus inauris ,
    • Paraxerus cepapi .

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