Taxon profile
Included taxa
Number of records: 51genus Ammospermophilus Merriam, 1892
genus Atlantoxerus Forsyth Major, 1893
- Barbary Ground Squirrels
genus Callosciurus Gray, 1867
genus Callospermophilus Merriam, 1897
genus Cynomys Rafinesque, 1817
genus Dremomys Heude, 1898
genus Epixerus Thomas, 1909
genus Eutamias Trouessart, 1880
genus Euxerus Thomas, 1909
genus Exilisciurus Moore, 1958
genus Funambulus Lesson, 1835
genus Funisciurus Trouessart, 1880
genus Geosciurus A. Smith, 1834
genus Glyphotes Thomas, 1898
genus Heliosciurus Trouessart, 1880
genus Hyosciurus Archbold & Tate, 1935
genus Ictidomys J. A. Allen, 1877
genus Lariscus Thomas & Wroughton, 1909
genus Marmota Blumenbach, 1779
genus Menetes Thomas, 1908
genus Microsciurus J. A. Allen, 1895
genus Myosciurus Thomas, 1909
genus Nannosciurus Trouessart, 1880
genus Neotamias A. H. Howell, 1929
genus Notocitellus A. H. Howell, 1938
genus Otospermophilus Brandt, 1844
genus Paraxerus Forsyth Major, 1893
genus Poliocitellus A. H. Howell, 1938
genus Prosciurillus Ellerman, 1947
genus Protoxerus Forsyth Major, 1893
genus Ratufa Gray, 1867
- Giant Squirrels
genus Rheithrosciurus Gray, 1867
genus Rhinosciurus Blyth, 1856
genus Rubrisciurus Ellerman, 1954
genus Sciurillus Thomas, 1914
genus Sciurotamias Miller, 1901
- Chinese Rock Squirrels
genus Sciurus Linnaeus, 1758
- True Squirrels
genus Spermophilopsis Blasius, 1884
genus Spermophilus F. Cuvier, 1825
- Ground Squirrels
genus Sundasciurus Moore, 1958
genus Syntheosciurus Bangs, 1902
genus Tamias Illiger, 1811
genus Tamiasciurus Trouessart, 1880
- Chickarees
genus Tamiops J. A. Allen, 1906
genus Urocitellus Obolenskij, 1927
genus Xerospermophilus Merriam, 1892
genus Xerus Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833
Fossil taxa
Links and literature
Anděra M. (1999): České názvy živočichů II. Savci (Mammalia), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 147 pp. [as Sciurinae]