Sundasciurus

Sundasciurus
Slender squirrel (Sundasciurus tenuis)
Scientific 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:

• Genus Sundasciurus
  • Sumatran mountain squirrel (Sundasciurus altitudinis)
  • Brooke's squirrel (Sundasciurus brookei)
  • Davao squirrel (Sundasciurus davensis)
  • Bornean mountain ground squirrel (Sundasciurus everetti)
  • Fraternal squirrel (Sundasciurus fraterculus)
  • Horse-tailed squirrel (Sundasciurus hippurus)
  • Busuanga squirrel (Sundasciurus hoogstraali)
  • Jentink's squirrel (Sundasciurus jentinki)
  • Northern Palawan tree squirrel (Sundasciurus juvencus)
  • Low's squirrel (Sundasciurus lowii)
  • Mindanao squirrel (Sundasciurus mindanensis)
  • Culion tree squirrel (Sundasciurus moellendorffi)
  • Natuna squirrel (Sundasciurus natunensis)
  • Philippine tree squirrel (Sundasciurus philippinensis)
  • Palawan montane squirrel (Sundasciurus rabori)
  • Robinson's squirrel (Sundasciurus robinsoni)
  • Samar squirrel (Sundasciurus samarensis)
  • Southern Palawan tree squirrel (Sundasciurus steerii)
  • Upland squirrel (Sundasciurus tahan)
  • Slender squirrel (Sundasciurus tenuis)

References

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