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Sundasciurus

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Sundasciurus
Slender squirrel (Sundasciurus tenuis)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Subfamily: Callosciurinae
Tribe: Callosciurini
Genus: Sundasciurus
Moore, 1958
Type species
Sciurus lowii
Species

Subgenus Sundasciurus
Sundasciurus brookei
Sundasciurus fraterculus
Sundasciurus jentinki
Sundasciurus lowii
Sundasciurus tenuis
Subgenus Aletesciurus
Sundasciurus davensis
Sundasciurus hippurus
Sundasciurus hoogstraali
Sundasciurus juvencus
Sundasciurus mindanensis
Sundasciurus moellendorffi
Sundasciurus philippinensis
Sundasciurus rabori
Sundasciurus samarensis
Sundasciurus steerii

Sundasciurus is a genus of rodent in the family Sciuridae.[1] It contains 20 species:

References

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  1. ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  • den Tex, R.-J., Thorington, R., Maldonado, J.E., Leondard, J.A. 2010. Speciation dynamics in the SE Asian tropics: Putting a time perspective on the phylogeny and biogeography of Sundaland tree squirrels, Sundasciurus. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 55: 711–720.
  • Hawkins, M.T.R., Helgen, K.M., Maldonado, J.E., Rockwood, L.L., Tsuchiya, M.T.N., Leonard, J.A. 2016. Phylogeny, biogeography and systematic revision of plain long-nosed squirrels (genus Dremomys, Nannosciurinae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 94: 752–764.
  • Hinckley, A., Hawkins, M. T., Achmadi, A. S., Maldonado, J. E., & Leonard, J. A. (2020). Ancient Divergence Driven by Geographic Isolation and Ecological Adaptation in Forest Dependent Sundaland Tree Squirrels. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 8, 208.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2020.00208/full