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Sciurinae

Sciurinae
Temporal range: Late Eocene - recent
Sciuridae Poas1.jpg
Syntheosciurus brochus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Subfamily: Sciurinae
Hemprich, 1820
Genera

Sciurinae is a subfamily of squirrels in the (family Sciuridae), uniting the flying squirrels 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.

SUBFAMILY SCIURINAE


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