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Callosciurus  Gray, 1867
Taxonomic Serial No.: 632282

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Oriental Tree Squirrels [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2013   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderRodentia Bowdich, 1821 – esquilo, preá, rato, roedor, rongeurs, rodents  
                                  SuborderSciuromorpha Brandt, 1855 – squirrels  
                                     FamilySciuridae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817 – squirrels, marmots, chipmunks  
                                        SubfamilyCallosciurinae Pocock, 1923 – Southern Asian tree squirrels  
                                           GenusCallosciurus Gray, 1867 – Oriental Tree Squirrels  
    Direct Children:  
                                              Species Callosciurus adamsi (Kloss, 1921) – Ear-spot Squirrel 
                                              Species Callosciurus baluensis (Bonhote, 1901) – Kinabalu Squirrel 
                                              Species Callosciurus caniceps (Gray, 1842) – Gray-bellied Squirrel 
                                              Species Callosciurus erythraeus (Pallas, 1779) – Pallas's Squirrel 
                                              Species Callosciurus finlaysonii (Horsfield, 1823) – Finlayson's Squirrel 
                                              Species Callosciurus inornatus (Gray, 1867) – Inornate Squirrel 
                                              Species Callosciurus melanogaster (Thomas, 1895) – Mentawai Squirrel 
                                              Species Callosciurus nigrovittatus (Horsfield, 1823) – Black-striped Squirrel 
                                              Species Callosciurus notatus (Boddaert, 1785) – Plantain Squirrel 
                                              Species Callosciurus orestes (Thomas, 1895) – Borneo Black-banded Squirrel 
                                              Species Callosciurus phayrei (Blyth, 1856) – Phayre's Squirrel 
                                              Species Callosciurus prevostii (Desmarest, 1822) – Prevost's Squirrel 
                                              Species Callosciurus pygerythrus (I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1833) – Irrawaddy Squirrel 
                                              Species Callosciurus quinquestriatus (Anderson, 1871) – Anderson's Squirrel 
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Thorington, Richard W., Jr., and Robert S. Hoffman / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title: Family Sciuridae   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2   
  Page(s): 754-818   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
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  Reference for: Callosciurus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Thorington, Richard W., Jr., John L. Koprowski, Michael A. Steele, and James F. Whatton  
  Publication Date: 2012   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Squirrels of the World   
  Page(s): vii + 459   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-4214-0469-9   
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  Reference for: Callosciurus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Callosciurus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole  
  Publication Date: 2000   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Common Names of Mammals of the World   
  Page(s): xiv + 204   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-383-3   
  Notes: With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer   
  Reference for: Callosciurus, Oriental Tree Squirrels [English]   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Comments: Tribe Callosciurini according to Moore (1959). Formerly included Sundasciurus and Prosciurillus (in part; see Moore, 1958) and Tamiops (Moore and Tate, 1965). See also Corbet and Hill (1992). Reviewed in part by Chakraborty (1985)  
 

 

    

 
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