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Sciurus pyrrhinus Thomas, 1898. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 2:265. TYPE LOCALITY: Peru, Junin Dept., Vitoc, Garita del Sol. DISTRIBUTION: E slopes of the Andes of Peru. SYNONYMS: variabilis Tschudi, 1844. COMMENTS: Subgenus Hadrosciurus; see Cabrera (1961:378). J. A. Allen (19156) placed pyrrhinus in the genus Mesosciurus., Published as part of Robert S. Hoffmann & Charles G. Anderson, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 419-465 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 442, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353130

Funisciurus congicus (Kuhl, 1820). Beitr. Zool. Vergi. Anat. Abt., 2:66. TYPE LOCALITY: " Congo ". No specific locale given, probably Angola (Hill and Carter, 1941:71). DISTRIBUTION: Zaire, Angola, Namibia. SYNONYMS: damarensis (Roberts, 1938); flavinus Thomas, 1904; interior Thomas, 1916; oenone Thomas, 1926; olivellus Thomas, 1904; poolii (Jentink, 1906); praetextus Wagner, 1843., Published as part of Robert S. Hoffmann & Charles G. Anderson, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 419-465 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 427, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353130, {"references":["Hill, J. E., and T. D. Carter. 1941. The mammals of Angola, Africa. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 78 (1): 1 - 211.","Roberts, A. 1938. Descriptions of new forms of mammals. Annals of the Transvaal Museum, 19 (2): 231 - 245."]}

Spermophilus mohavensis Merriam, 1889. N. Am. Fauna, 2: 15. TYPE LOCALITY: "Mohave River, California [USA]." Restricted by Grinnell and Dixon (1918) to near Rabbit Springs, about 15 mi. (24 km) E Hesperia, San Bernardino Co. DISTRIBUTION: NW Mohave Desert and Owens Valley (S California, USA). COMMENTS: Subgenus Xerospermophilus; (Hall, 1981:405). Most closely related to S. tereticaudus (Hafner and Yates, 1983); hybridizes at one locality., Published as part of Robert S. Hoffmann & Charles G. Anderson, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 419-465 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 447, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353130, {"references":["Grinnell, J., and J. Dixon. 1918. Natural history of the ground squirrels of California. Monthly Bulletin of the California State Commission on Horticulture, 7: 597 - 708.","Hall, E. R. 1981. The mammals of North America. Second ed. John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1: 1 - 600 + 90, 2: 601 - 1181 + 90.","Hafner, J. C., and M. S. Hafner. 1983. Evolutionary relationships of heteromyid rodents. Great Basin Naturalist, Memoirs, 7: 3 - 29."]}

Sundasciurus steerii (Günther, 1877). Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1876:735 [1877]. TYPE LOCALITY: "Balabac" [Isl, Philippines]. DISTRIBUTION: Balabac and S Palawan Isis in lowlands (Philippines). COMMENTS: Subgenus Aletesciurus. Member of the steerii group, which contains 1-3 species; see Heaney (1979)., Published as part of Robert S. Hoffmann & Charles G. Anderson, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 419-465 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 452, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353130, {"references":["Heaney, L. R. 1979. A new species of tree squirrel (Sundasciurus) from Palawan Island, Philippines (Mammalia: Sciuridae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 92: 280 - 286."]}

Exilisciurus whiteheadi (Thomas, 1887). Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 5, 20:127. TYPE LOCALITY: Malaysia, Sabah, Mt. Kinabalu. DISTRIBUTION: Mountains of Sabah and Sarawak (Malaysia), above 900 m, and adjacent parts of West Kalimantan, Indonesia (Medway, 1977)., Published as part of Robert S. Hoffmann & Charles G. Anderson, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 419-465 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 426, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353130, {"references":["Medway, L. 1977. Mammals of Borneo: Field keys and an annotated checklist. Second ed. Monograph, Malay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 7: 1 - 172."]}

Sundasciurus philippinensis (Waterhouse, 1839). Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1839:117. TYPE LOCALITY: "Mindanado" [Mindanao Isl, Philippines]. DISTRIBUTION: S and W Mindanao, and Basilan (Philippines). COMMENTS: Subgenus Aletesciurus. May be conspecific with davensis, mindanensis, and samarensis (Heaney et al., 1987; Corbet and Hill, 1992)., Published as part of Robert S. Hoffmann & Charles G. Anderson, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 419-465 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 452, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353130, {"references":["Heaney, L. R., P. C. Gonzales, and A. C. Acala. 1987. An annotated checklist of the taxonomic and conservation status of land mammals in the Philippines. Silliman Journal, 34: 32 - 66.","Corbet, G. B., and J. E. Hill. 1992. Mammals of the Indomalayan region. A systematic review. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 488 pp."]}

Petaurista magnifiais (Hodgson, 1836). J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 5:231. TYPE LOCALITY: "central and Northern regions of Nipâl" [Nepal]. DISTRIBUTION: Tibet (China), Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim (India). SYNONYMS: hodgsoni Ghose and Saha, 1981. COMMENTS: Formerly included nobilis (Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1966:464); but also see Ghose and Saha (1981:95)., Published as part of Robert S. Hoffmann & Charles G. Anderson, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 419-465 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 462, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353130, {"references":["Ghose, R. K., and S. S. Saha. 1981. Taxonomic review of Hodgson's giant flying squirrel, Petaurista magnificus (Hodgson) (Sciuridae: Rodentia), with description of a new subspecies from Darjeeling District, West Bengal, India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 78: 93 - 102.","Ellerman, J. R., and T. C. S. Morrison-Scott. 1966. Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian Mammals 1758 to 1946. Second ed. British Museum (Natural History), London, 810 pp."]}

Ammospermophilus insularis Nelson and Goldman, 1909. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 22:24. TYPE LOCALITY: "Espiritu Santo Island, Lower California [= Baja California Sur], Mexico." DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality. COMMENTS: Considered a distinct species (Hall, 1981:381); may be most closely related to A. harrisii (Mascarello and Bolles, 1980). Reviewed by Best et al. (1990a, Mammalian Species, 364)., Published as part of Robert S. Hoffmann & Charles G. Anderson, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 419-465 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 419, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353130, {"references":["Hall, E. R. 1981. The mammals of North America. Second ed. John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1: 1 - 600 + 90, 2: 601 - 1181 + 90.","Mascarello, J. T., and K. Bolles. 1980. C- and G-banded chromosomes of Ammospermophilus insularis (Rodentia: Sciuridae). Journal of Mammalogy, 61: 714 - 716.","Best, T. L., K. Caesar, A. S. Titus, and C. L. Lewis. 1990 a. Ammospermophilus insularis. Mammalian Species, 364: 1 - 4."]}

Tamias paimeri (Merriam, 1897). Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 11:208. TYPE LOCALITY: "Charleston Peak, [Clark Co.,] Nevada [USA] (altitude about 2450 meters or 8000 feet)." DISTRIBUTION: Charleston Mtns (S Nevada, USA). COMMENTS: Subgenus Neotamias., Published as part of Robert S. Hoffmann & Charles G. Anderson, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 419-465 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 454, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353130

Rubrisciurus rubriventer (Müller and Schlegel, 1844). In Temminck, Verh. Nat. Gesch. Nederland. Overz. Bezitt., Zool., Mammalia, p. 86 (1844]. TYPE LOCALITY: " Celebes " [Minahassa, NE Sulawesi, Indonesia]. DISTRIBUTION: N, C, and SE Sulawesi. COMMENTS: Ellerman (1940:375) dated the species description as 1839, and ascribed it to Forsten, who was listed by Müller and Schlegel as the author, but Forsten was the collector, not the author. See Appendix I for the correct publication date., Published as part of Robert S. Hoffmann & Charles G. Anderson, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 419-465 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 438, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353130, {"references":["Ellerman, J. R. 1940. The families and genera of living rodents. Vol. 1. Rodents other than Muridae. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London, 689 pp.","Wagner, J. A. 1839. Die Saugethiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur, Supplement 1. Weigel, Leipzig, 551 pp."]}

Sciurotamias davidianus (Milne-Edwards, 1867). Rev. Mag. Zool. Paris, ser. 2, 19:196. TYPE LOCALITY: "Mountains of Peking," Hebei Prov., China. DISTRIBUTION: Hebei to Sichuan and Hubei; Guizhou (China). SYNONYMS: collaris (Heude, 1898); consobrinus (Milne-Edwards, 1868 -1874); latro (Heude, 1898); owstoni J. Allen, 1909; saltitans (Heude, 1898); thayeri G. Allen, 1912. COMMENTS: Subgenus Sciurotamias., Published as part of Robert S. Hoffmann & Charles G. Anderson, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 419-465 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 439, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353130, {"references":["Milne-Edwards, M. A. 1868 - 1874. Recherches pour servir a l'histoire naturelle des mammiferes. 2 vols. Masson, Paris, vol. I, 394 pp.; vol. II, atlas."]}

Sciurus arizonensis Coues, 1867. Am. Nat., 1:357. TYPE LOCALITY: "Fort Whipple," [Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA]. DISTRIBUTION: C and SE Arizona and WC New Mexico (USA); NE Sonora (Mexico). SYNONYMS: catalinae Doutt, 1931; huachuca J. Allen, 1894. COMMENTS: Subgenus Sciurus (Hall, 1981:432)., Published as part of Robert S. Hoffmann & Charles G. Anderson, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 419-465 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 440, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353130, {"references":["Hall, E. R. 1981. The mammals of North America. Second ed. John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1: 1 - 600 + 90, 2: 601 - 1181 + 90."]}

Glaucomas volans (Linnaeus, 1758). Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:63. TYPE LOCALITY: "Virginia, Mexico "; restricted by Elliot (1901:109) to " Virginia (U.S.A.)". DISTRIBUTION: Texas, Kansas, and Minnesota (USA) to Nova Scotia (Canada) and E USA; montane populations scattered from NW Mexico to Honduras. STATUS: IUCN - Rare as G. v. goldmani, G. v. guerreroensis, and G. v. oaxacensis. SYNONYMS: americana (Oken, 1816); chontali Goodwin, 1961; cucullatus (Fischer, 1829); goldmani (Nelson, 1904); guerreroensis Diersing, 1980; herreranus Goldman, 1936; madrensis Goldman, 1936; nebrascensis (Swenk, 1915); oaxacensis Goodwin, 1961; querceti (Bangs, 1896); saturatus A. Howell, 1915; situs (Bangs, 1896); texensis A. Howell, 1915; underwoodi Goodwin, 1936; virginianus (Tiedemann, 1808); volucella (Pallas, 1778); COMMENTS: Reviewed by Dolan and Carter (1973, Mammalian Species, 78). For systematics and distribution of mesoamerican populations, see Diersing (1980a) and Braun (1988)., Published as part of Robert S. Hoffmann & Charles G. Anderson, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 419-465 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 460, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353130, {"references":["Elliot, D. G. 1901. A synopsis of the mammals of North America and the adjacent seas. Field Columbian Museum, Zoological Series, 2, 45: 1 - 471.","Goodwin, G. G., and A. M. Greenhall. 1961. A review of the bats of Trinidad and Tobago. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 122: 189 - 301.","Howell, A. H. 1915. Revision of the American marmots. North American Fauna, 37: 1 - 80.","Dolan, P. G., and D. C. Carter. 1973. Glaucomys volans. Mammalian Species, 78: 1 - 6.","Diersing, V. A. 1980 a. Systematics of flying squirrels, Glaucomys volans (Linnaeus), from Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras. Southwestern Naturalist, 125: 57 - 172.","Braun, J. K. 1988. Systematics and biogeography of the southern flying squirrel, Glaucomys volans. Journal of Mammalogy, 69: 422 - 426."]}

Tamias butteri J. A. Allen, 1889. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 2: 173. TYPE LOCALITY: "Sierra de Valparaiso, Zacatecas," [Mexico]. DISTRIBUTION: Sierra Madre, in S Durango, W Zacatecas, and N Jalisco (Mexico). COMMENTS: Subgenus Neotamias. Formerly included durangae and solivagus, which were considered incertae sedis by Callahan (1980); see durangae., Published as part of Robert S. Hoffmann & Charles G. Anderson, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 419-465 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 453, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353130, {"references":["Callahan, J. R. 1980. Taxonomic status of Eutamias bulleri. Southwestern Naturalist, 25: 1 - 8."]}

Tamias durangae (J. A. Allen, 1903). Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 19:594. TYPE LOCALITY: "Arroyo de Bucy, Sierra de Candella,...about 7,500 feet [2,134 m], northwestern Durango, Mexico." DISTRIBUTION: SW Chihuahua to WC Durango; SE Coahuila (Mexico). SYNONYMS: nexus Elliot, 1905; solivagus (A. Howell, 1922). COMMENTS: Subgenus Neotamias. Formerly included in bulleri; includes solivagus; perhaps conspecific with canipes; see Callahan (1980), who considered both durangae and solivagus, incertae sedis., Published as part of Robert S. Hoffmann & Charles G. Anderson, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 419-465 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 454, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353130, {"references":["Elliot, D. G. 1905. A checklist of mammals of the North American continent, the West Indies and the neighboring seas. Field Columbian Museum, Publication 105, Zoological Series, 6: 1 - 761.","Callahan, J. R. 1980. Taxonomic status of Eutamias bulleri. Southwestern Naturalist, 25: 1 - 8."]}

Sciurus alleni Nelson, 1898. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 12:147. TYPE LOCALITY: "Monterey, Tamaulipas [= Nuevo Leon]," [Mexico]. DISTRIBUTION: SE Coahuila through C Nuevo Leon, south through W Tamaulipas to extreme N San Luis Potosi (Mexico). COMMENTS: Subgenus Sciurus (Hall, 1981:430)., Published as part of Robert S. Hoffmann & Charles G. Anderson, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 419-465 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 439, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353130, {"references":["Hall, E. R. 1981. The mammals of North America. Second ed. John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1: 1 - 600 + 90, 2: 601 - 1181 + 90."]}

Ratufa affinis (Raffles, 1821). Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 13:259. TYPE LOCALITY: " Singapore Island ". DISTRIBUTION: S Vietnam, Malaysian region (except Java and SW Philippines). STATUS: CITES - Appendix II. SYNONYMS: albiceps (Jentinck, 1897); arusinus Lyon, 1907; aureiventer (I. Geoffroy, 1831); balae Miller, 1903; bancana Lyon, 1906; banguei Chasen and Kloss, 1931; baramensis Bonhote, 1900; bulana Lyon, 1909; bunguranensis (Thomas and Hartert, 1894); carimonensis Miller, 1906; catemana Lyon, 1907; condurensis Miller, 1906; confinis Miller, 1906; conspicua Miller, 1903; cothurnata Lyon, 1911; dulitensis Lönnberg and Mjöberg, 1925; ephippium (Müller, 1838); femoralis Miller, 1903; frontalis Kloss, 1932; griseicollis Lyon, 1911; hypoleucos (Horsfield, 1823); insignis Miller, 1903; interposita Kloss, 1932; johorensis Robinson and Kloss, 1911; klossi J. E. Hill, 1960; lumholzi Lönnberg, 1925; masae Miller, 1903; nanogigas (Thomas and Hartert, 1895); nigrescens Miller, 1903; notabilis Miller, 1902; piniensis Miller, 1903; polia Lyon, 1906; pyrsonota Miller, 1900; sandakanensis Bonhote, 1900; sirhassenensis Bonhote, 1900; vittata Lyon, 1911; vittatula Lyon, 1911., Published as part of Robert S. Hoffmann & Charles G. Anderson, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 419-465 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 437, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353130, {"references":["Lyon, M. W., Jr. 1907. Notes on the porcupines of the Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. Proceedings of United States National Museum, 32: 575 - 594.","Bonhote, J. L. 1900 [1901]. On the mammals collected during the ' Skeat Expedition' to the Malay Peninsula, 1899 - 1900. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1900: 869 - 883.","Lyon, M. W. 1909. Additional notes on some mammals of the Rio-Linga Archipelago, with descriptions of new species and a revised list. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 36: 479 - 491.","Miller, G. S., Jr. 1906. The nomenclature of the flying lemurs. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 19: 41.","Lyon, M. W., Jr. 1911. Mammals collected by Dr. Abbott in Borneo and some of the small adjacent islands. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 40: 53 - 146.","Hill, J. E. 1960. The Robinson Collection of Malaysian mammals. Bulletin of the Raffles Museum (Singapore), 29: 1 - 112.","Lonnberg, E., and N. Gyldenstolpe. 1925. Vertebrata. 2. Preliminary diagnoses of seven new mammals. Arkiv for Zoologi, 17 B, 5: 1 - 6.","Miller, G. S., Jr. 1902. The mammals of the Andaman and Nicobar islands. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 24: 751 - 795."]}

Spermophilus atricapillus VI. E. Bryant, 1889. Proc. California Acad. Sci., ser. 2, 2:26. TYPE LOCALITY: "Comondu, Lower California" [Baja California Sur, Mexico]. DISTRIBUTION: Baja California (Mexico). COMMENTS: Subgenus Otospermophilus (Hall, 1981:402)., Published as part of Robert S. Hoffmann & Charles G. Anderson, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 419-465 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 444, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353130, {"references":["Hall, E. R. 1981. The mammals of North America. Second ed. John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1: 1 - 600 + 90, 2: 601 - 1181 + 90."]}

Tamiasciurus mearnsi (Townsend, 1897). Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 11:146. TYPE LOCALITY: "San Pedro Martir Mountains, Lower California (altitude about 7,000 feet)" [Baja California Norte, Mexico]. DISTRIBUTION: Sierra San Pedro Martir Mtns (Baja California Norte, Mexico). COMMENTS: Formerly included in douglasii; see Lindsay (1981)., Published as part of Robert S. Hoffmann & Charles G. Anderson, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 419-465 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 457, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353130, {"references":["Lindsay, S. L. 1981. Taxonomic and biogeographic relationships of Baja California chickarees (Tamiasciurus). Journal of Mammalogy, 62: 673 - 682."]}

Tamias dorsalis Baird, 1855. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 7:332. TYPE LOCALITY: "Fort Webster, Coppermines of the Mimbres" Restricted by Howell (1929: 131) to near present site of Santa Rita, Grant Co., New Mexico. DISTRIBUTION: E Nevada, S Idaho, Utah, SW Wyoming, and NW Colorado south through Arizona and W New Mexico (USA) to NW Durango, W Coahuila, and coastal Sonora (Mexico). SYNONYMS: canescens (J. Allen, 1904); carminis (Goldman, 1938); grinnelli (Burt, 1931); nidoensis (Lidicker, 1960); sonoriensis (Callahan and Davis, 1977); utahensis (Merriam, 1897). COMMENTS: Subgenus Neotamias. Reviewed by Callahan and Davis (1977) who included sonoriensis in this species and by Hart (1992, Mammalian Species, 399)., Published as part of Robert S. Hoffmann & Charles G. Anderson, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 419-465 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 453, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353130, {"references":["Lidicker, W. Z., Jr. 1960. An analysis of intraspecific variation in the kangaroo rat Dipodomys merriami. University of California Publications in Zoology, 67: 125 - 218.","Callahan, J. R., and R. Davis. 1977. A new subspecies of the cliff chipmunk from coastal Sonora. Southwestern Naturalist, 22: 67 - 75.","Merriam, C. H. 1897. The generic names Ictis, Arctogale, and Arctogalidia. Science, 5: 302.","Hart, E. B. 1992. Tamias dorsalis. Mammalian Species, 399: 1 - 6."]}

Spermophilus beldingi Merriam, 1888. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci., 4:317. TYPE LOCALITY: "Donner, [Placer Co.,] California [USA]." DISTRIBUTION: E Oregon, SW Idaho, NE California, N Nevada, and NW Utah (USA). SYNONYMS: creber (Hall, 1940); oregonus Merriam, 1898. COMMENTS: Subgenus Spermophilus (Hall, 1981:387). Reviewed by Jenkins and Eshelman (1984, Mammalian Species, 221)., Published as part of Robert S. Hoffmann & Charles G. Anderson, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 419-465 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 445, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353130, {"references":["Hall, E. R. 1981. The mammals of North America. Second ed. John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1: 1 - 600 + 90, 2: 601 - 1181 + 90.","Jenkins, S. H., and B. D. Eshelman. 1984. Spermophilus beldingi. Mammalian Species, 221: 1 - 8."]}

Tamias quadrimaculatus Gray, 1867. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3, 20:435. TYPE LOCALITY: " California, Michigan Bluff (Gruber)" [Placer Co., USA]. DISTRIBUTION: Sierra Nevada of EC California (Plumas to Mariposa cos.); C and adjacent WC Nevada (USA). SYNONYMS: macrorhabdotes Merriam, 1886. COMMENTS: Subgenus Neotamias., Published as part of Robert S. Hoffmann & Charles G. Anderson, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 419-465 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 455, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353130

Paraxerus vexillarius (Kershaw, 1923). Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, 11:591. TYPE LOCALITY: Tanzania, Usambara, Lushoto, Wilhelmsthal. DISTRIBUTION: C and E Tanzania. SYNONYMS: byatti (Kershaw, 1923); laetus (Allen and Loveridge, 1933). COMMENTS: It is possible that vexillarius and byatti are separate species, as treated by Allen (1939) and Ellerman (1940). Amtmann (1975) combined them but stated that they may be distinct species., Published as part of Robert S. Hoffmann & Charles G. Anderson, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 419-465 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 435, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353130, {"references":["Allen, G. M., and A. Loveridge. 1933. Reports on the scientific results of an expedition to the southwestern highlands of Tanganyika Territory. II. Mammals. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, 75: 47 - 140.","Allen, G. M. 1939. A checklist of African mammals. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, 83: 1 - 763.","Ellerman, J. R. 1940. The families and genera of living rodents. Vol. 1. Rodents other than Muridae. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London, 689 pp.","Amtmann, E. 1975. Family Sciuridae. Part 6. 1. Pp. 1 - 12, in The mammals of Africa: An identification manual (J. Meester and H. W. Setzer, eds.) [issued 10 Dec 1975]. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C., not continuously paginated."]}

Cynomys leucurus Merriam, 1890. N. Am. Fauna, 3:59. TYPE LOCALITY: "Fort Bridger, [Uinta Co.] Wyoming " (Merriam, 1890:33). DISTRIBUTION: SC Montana, W and C Wyoming, NE Utah, and NW Colorado (USA). COMMENTS: Subgenus Leucocrossuromys (Hall, 1981). Reviewed by Clark et al. (1971, Mammalian Species, 7) and Pizzimenti (1976)., Published as part of Robert S. Hoffmann & Charles G. Anderson, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 419-465 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 424, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353130, {"references":["Merriam, C. H. 1890. Description of a new prairie dog from Wyoming. North American Fauna, 4: 33 - 35.","Hall, E. R. 1981. The mammals of North America. Second ed. John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1: 1 - 600 + 90, 2: 601 - 1181 + 90.","Clark, T. W., R. S. Hoffmann, and C. F. Nadler. 1971. Cynomys leucurus. Mammalian Species, 7: 1 - 4.","Pizzimenti, J. J. 1976. Genetic divergence and morphological convergence in the prairie dogs, Cynomys gunnisoni and Cynomys leucurus. I. Morphological and ecological analyses. II. Genetic analyses. Evolution, 30: 345 - 366; 367 - 379."]}

Robert S. Hoffmann, Charles G. Anderson (1993): Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae. In: Don E. Wilson, DeeAnn M. Reeder (Eds): Mammal Species of the World (2nd Edition). Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press: 419-465, ISBN: 1-56098-217-9, DOI: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353130

Spermophilus tridecemlineatus (Mitchill, 1821). Med. Repos. (NY), (n.s.), 6(21):248. TYPE LOCALITY: "...region bordering the sources of the river Mississippi... "; restricted by Allen (18956:338) to C Minnesota [USA]. DISTRIBUTION: Great Plains, from C Texas to E Utah, Ohio (USA) and SC Canada. SYNONYMS: alleni Merriam, 1898; arenicola (A. Howell, 1928); badius Bangs, 1899; bianca Armstrong, 1971; hollisteri (V. Bailey, 1913); hoodii (Sabine, 1822); monticola (A. Howell, 1928); olivaceous J. Allen, 1895; pallidus J. Allen, 1874; parvus J. Allen, 1895; texensis Merriam, 1898. COMMENTS: Subgenus Ictidomys (Hall, 1981:391). Reviewed by Streubel and Fitzgerald (1978b, Mammalian Species, 103). See also comment under mexicanus., Published as part of Robert S. Hoffmann & Charles G. Anderson, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 419-465 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 450, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353130, {"references":["Hall, E. R. 1981. The mammals of North America. Second ed. John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1: 1 - 600 + 90, 2: 601 - 1181 + 90.","Streubel, D. P., and J. P. Fitzgerald. 1978 b. Spermophilus tridecemlineatus. Mammalian Species, 103: 1 - 5."]}

Spermophilus F. Cuvier, 1825. Dentes des Mammifères, p. 255. TYPE SPECIES: Mus citellus Linnaeus, 1766. SYNONYMS: Anisonyx Rafinesque, 1817; Arctomys Schreber, 1780; Callospermophilus Merriam, 1897; Citellus Oken, 1816; Citillus Lichtenstein, 1830; Colobates MilneEdwards, 1874; Colobotis Brandt, 1844; Ictidomoides Mearns, 1907; Ictidomys J. Allen, 1877; Notocitellus A. Howell, 1938; Otocolobus Brandt, 1844; Otospermophilus Brandt, 1844; Poliocitellus A. Howell, 1938; Spermatophilus Wagler, 1830; Spermophila Richardson, 1825; Spermophilis Richardson, 1839; Urocitellus Obolenskij, 1927; Xerospermophilus Merriam, 1892. COMMENTS: Tribe Marmotini (Moore, 1959). Citellus Oken, 1816 has been widely used, but is invalid (Corbet, 1978c:82; Hershkovitz, 1949b). Includes Callospermophilus, Ictidomys, Otospermophilus, Poliocitellus, Spermophilus, and Xerospermophilus as subgenera (Hall, 1981:382); Gromov et al. (1965) gave the first three taxa generic rank. North American species revised by Howell (1938). Eurasian species revised by Gromov et al. (1965) who also recognized Colobotis and Urocitellus as subgenera; but see Hall (1981:382), who included them in subgenus Spermophilus. Holarctic species reviewed by Nadler et al. (1982, 1984). A key to the genus was given by Rickart and Yensen (1991)., Published as part of Robert S. Hoffmann & Charles G. Anderson, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 419-465 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 444, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353130, {"references":["Linnaeus, C. 1766 - 1768. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis synonymis, locis. Vol. 1. Regnum Animale. pt. 1, pp. 1 - 532 [1766]; vol. 3, Appendix pp. 223 - 235 [1768]. 12 th ed. [Vol. 3, Regnum Lapideum, pp. 1 - 222, rejected for nomenclatural purposes, ICZN, opinion 296]. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 3 vols.","Merriam, C. H. 1897. The generic names Ictis, Arctogale, and Arctogalidia. Science, 5: 302.","Brandt, J. F. 1844 [1843]. Observations sur les differentes especes de sousliks de Russie, suivies de remarques sur l'arrangement et la distribution geographique du genre Spermophilus, anse que sur la classification de la familie des ecureuils (Sciurina) en general. Bulletin Scientifique l'Academie Imperiale des Sciences de Saint-Petersbourg, 1844: col. 357 - 382.","Howell, A. H. 1938. Revision of the North American ground squirrels, with a classification of the North American Sciuridae. North American Fauna, 56: 1 - 256.","Moore, J. C. 1959. Relationships among the living squirrels of the Sciurinae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 118 (4): 157 - 206.","Corbet, G. B. 1978 c. The mammals of the Palaearctic region: A taxonomic review. British Museum (Natural History), London, 314 pp.","Hershkovitz, P. 1949 b. Status of names credited to Oken, 1816. Journal of Mammalogy, 30: 289 - 301.","Hall, E. R. 1981. The mammals of North America. Second ed. John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1: 1 - 600 + 90, 2: 601 - 1181 + 90.","Gromov, I. M., D. I. Bibikov, N. I. Kalabukhov, and M. N. N. Meier. 1965. Fauna SSSR, Mlekopitayushchie, tom. 3, vyp. 2 [Fauna of the U. S. S. R. Mammals. vol. 3, No. 2]. Nazemnye belich'e [Ground Squirrels]. Nauka, Moscow-Leningrad, 467 pp. (in Russian).","Nadler, C. F., R. S. Hoffmann, N. N. Vorontsov, J. W. Koeppl, L. Deutsch, and R. I. Sukernik. 1982. Evolution in ground squirrels. II. Biochemical comparisons in Holarctic populations of Spermophilus. Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde, 47: 198 - 215.","Nadler, C. F., E. A. Lyapunova, R. S. Hoffmann, N. N. Vorontsov, L. L. Shaitarova, and Y. M. Borisov. 1984. Chromosomal evolution in Holarctic ground squirrels (Spermophilus). II. Giemsa-band homologies of chromosomes and the tempo of evolution. Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde, 49: 78 - 90.","Rickart, E. A., and E. Yensen. 1991. Spermophilus washingtoni. Mammalian Species, 371: 1 - 5."]}

Petaurista leucogenys (Temminck, 1827). Monogr. Mamm., 1:27. TYPE LOCALITY: "...de forêts dans les provinces de Figo." Restricted by Kuroda (1938:50) to "Higo, Kiusiu" [Kyushu, Japan]. DISTRIBUTION: Japan, except Hokkaido; Gansu, Sichuan, Yunnan (China). SYNONYMS: filchnerinae (Matschie, 1908); hintoni Mori, 1923; nikkonis Thomas, 1905; oreas Thomas, 1905; osiui Kuroda, 1938; pectoralis (Swinhoe, 1870); thomasi Kuroda and Mori, 1923 (not Hose, 1900); tosae Thomas, 1905; watasei Mori, 1927. COMMENTS: Formerly included xanthotis, see Corbet (1978c:86). McKenna (1962) and Corbet and Hill (1991: 145) considered it distinct., Published as part of Robert S. Hoffmann & Charles G. Anderson, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 419-465 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 462, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353130, {"references":["Kuroda, N. 1938. A list of the Japanese mammals. Privately published, Tokyo, 122 pp.","Corbet, G. B. 1978 c. The mammals of the Palaearctic region: A taxonomic review. British Museum (Natural History), London, 314 pp.","McKenna, M. C. 1962. Eupetaurus and the living petauristine sciurids. American Museum Novitates, 2104: 1 - 38.","Corbet, G. B., and J. E. Hill. 1991. A world list of mammalian species. Third ed. British Museum (Natural History) Publications, London, 243 pp."]}

Tamias obscurus J. A. Allen, 1890. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 3:70. TYPE LOCALITY: "San Pedro [Martir] Mountains" [near Vallecitos, Baja California Norte, Mexico]. DISTRIBUTION: S California (San Bernardino Co., USA) to C Baja California (Mexico). SYNONYMS: davisi (Callahan, 1977); meridionalis (Nelson and Goldman, 1909). COMMENTS: Subgenus Neotamias. Regarded by Howell (1929) as a synonym of merriami; but see Callahan (1977) who provided evidence of specific distinctness and included davisi and meridionalis in this species., Published as part of Robert S. Hoffmann & Charles G. Anderson, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 419-465 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 454, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353130

Marmota caudata (Geoffroy, 1844). In Jacquemont, Voy. dans l'lnde, 4, Zool., p. 66. TYPE LOCALITY: "Hombur [Ghombur] area, upper reaches of the Indus in Kashmir [India]" (Ognev, 1963a:284). DISTRIBUTION: W Tien Shan through the Pamirs (Kirgizistan, Tadzhikistan) to Hindu Kush (Afghanistan), Pakistan, Kashmir (India), and mtns of extreme W Xinjiang and Xizang (China). STATUS: CITES - Appendix III (India). SYNONYMS: aurea (Blanford, 1875); dichrous (Anderson, 1875); flavina (Thomas, 1909); littledalei (Thomas, 1909); stirlingi Thomas, 1916. COMMENTS: Includes dichrous (Corbet, 1978c:82); but also see Gromov et al. (1965:440) who listed it as a distinct species., Published as part of Robert S. Hoffmann & Charles G. Anderson, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 419-465 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on pages 431-432, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353130, {"references":["Ognev, S. I. 1963 a. Mammals of the USSR and adjacent countries: Rodents (continued). (Mammals of eastern Europe and northern Asia) [A translation of S. I. Ognev, 1947, Zveri SSSR i prilezhashchikh stran: Gryzuny (prodolzhenie). (Zveri vostochnoi Evropy i severnoi Azii)]. Israel Program for Scientific Translations, Jerusalem, 5: 1 - 662.","Corbet, G. B. 1978 c. The mammals of the Palaearctic region: A taxonomic review. British Museum (Natural History), London, 314 pp.","Gromov, I. M., D. I. Bibikov, N. I. Kalabukhov, and M. N. N. Meier. 1965. Fauna SSSR, Mlekopitayushchie, tom. 3, vyp. 2 [Fauna of the U. S. S. R. Mammals. vol. 3, No. 2]. Nazemnye belich'e [Ground Squirrels]. Nauka, Moscow-Leningrad, 467 pp. (in Russian)."]}

Sundasciurus mindanensis (Steere, 1890). List of the Birds and Mammals collected by the Steere Expedition to the Philippines. Ann Arbor, Mich., p. 29. TYPE LOCALITY: "Mindanao," [Philippines]. DISTRIBUTION: Mindanao and adjacent small islands (Philippines). COMMENTS: Subgenus Aletesciurus. May be conspecific with davensis, philippinensis, and samarensis (Heaney et al., 1987; Corbet and Hill, 1992)., Published as part of Robert S. Hoffmann & Charles G. Anderson, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 419-465 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 451, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353130, {"references":["Heaney, L. R., P. C. Gonzales, and A. C. Acala. 1987. An annotated checklist of the taxonomic and conservation status of land mammals in the Philippines. Silliman Journal, 34: 32 - 66.","Corbet, G. B., and J. E. Hill. 1992. Mammals of the Indomalayan region. A systematic review. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 488 pp."]}

Glaucomys sabrinus (Shaw, 1801). Gen. Zool., 2:157. TYPE LOCALITY: Not specified. Restricted by Howell (1918:33) to the mouth of Severn River, Ontario, Canada. DISTRIBUTION: Alaska and Canada, NW USA to S California and W South Dakota (Black Hills), NE USA to S Appalachian Mtns. STATUS: U.S. ESA and IUCN - Endangered as G. s. coloratus and G. s. fuscus. SYNONYMS: alpinus (Richardson, 1828); bangsi (Rhoads, 1897); bullatus A. Howell, 1915; californicus (Rhoads, 1897); canadensis (E. Geoffroy, 1803); canescens A. Howell, 1915; coloratus Handley, 1953; columbiensis A. Howell, 1915; flaviventris A. Howell, 1915; fuliginosus (Rhoads, 1897); fuscus Miller, 1936; goodwini Anderson, 1943; gouldi Anderson, 1943; griseifrons A. Howell, 1934; hudsonicus Gmelin, 1788; klamathensis (Merriam, 1897); lascivus (Bangs, 1899); latipes A. Howell, 1915; lucifugus Hall, 1934; macrotis (Mearns, 1898); makkovikensis (Sornborger, 1900); murinauralis Musser, 1961; olympicus (Elliot, 1899); oregonensis (Bachman, 1839); reductus Cowan, 1937; stephensi (Merriam, 1900); yukonensis (Osgood, 1900); zaphaeus (Osgood, 1905). COMMENTS: Reviewed by Wells-Gosling and Heaney (1984, Mammalian Species, 229)., Published as part of Robert S. Hoffmann & Charles G. Anderson, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 419-465 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 460, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353130, {"references":["Howell, A. H. 1918. Revision of the American flying squirrels. North American Fauna, 44: 1 - 64.","Howell, A. H. 1915. Revision of the American marmots. North American Fauna, 37: 1 - 80.","Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, E. 1803. Catalogue des mammiferes du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 272 pp.","Anderson, R. M., and A. L. Rand. 1943. Variation in the porcupine (Genus Erethizon) in Canada. Canadian Journal of Research, section D, 21: 292 - 309.","Merriam, C. H. 1897. The generic names Ictis, Arctogale, and Arctogalidia. Science, 5: 302.","Osgood, W. H. 1900. Revision of the pocket mice of the genus Perognathus. North American Fauna, 18: 1 - 73.","Wells-Gosling, N., and L. R. Heaney. 1984. Glaucomys sabrinus. Mammalian Species, 229: 1 - 8."]}

Microsciurus J. A. Allen, 1895. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 7:332. TYPE SPECIES: Sciurus alfari J. A. Allen, 1895. COMMENTS: Tribe Microsciurini (Moore, 1959). See Emmons and Feer (1990)., Published as part of Robert S. Hoffmann & Charles G. Anderson, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 419-465 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 433, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353130, {"references":["Moore, J. C. 1959. Relationships among the living squirrels of the Sciurinae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 118 (4): 157 - 206.","Emmons, L. H., and F. Feer. 1990. Neotropical rainforest mammals. A field guide. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, 281 pp., 7 pls."]}

Callosciurus finlaysonii (Horsfield, 1823). Zool. Res. Java, 7:151. TYPE LOCALITY: "the Islands called Sichang, in the Gulf of Siam ", Koh Si Chang (Gulf of Thailand). DISTRIBUTION: SC Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam. SYNONYMS: albivexilli (Kloss, 1916); annellatus Thomas, 1929; bocourti (Milne-Edwards, 1867); bonhotei Robinson and Wroughton, 1911; boonsongi Moore and Tate, 1965; cinnamomeus (Temminck, 1853); cockerelli Thomas, 1928; dextralis (Wroughton, 1908); ferrugeneus (F. Cuvier, 1829); floweri (Bonhote, 1901); folletti (Kloss, 1915); frandseni (Kloss, 1916); germaini (Milne-Edwards, 1867); gruti (Gyldenstolpe, 1917); harmandi (Milne-Edwards, 1876); herberti Robinson and Kloss, 1922; keraudreni (Lesson, 1830); leucocephalus (Bonhote, 1901); leucogaster (Milne-Edwards, 1867); lylei (Wroughton, 1908); menamicus Thomas, 1929; nox (Wroughton, 1908); pierrei Robinson and Kloss, 1922; portus (Kloss, 1915); prachin (Kloss, 1920); rajasima (Kloss, 1920); sinistralis (Wroughton, 1908); splendens (Gray, 1861); tachardi (Robinson, 1916); trotteri (Kloss, 1916); williamsoni Robinson and Kloss, 1922. COMMENTS: Revised by Moore and Tate (1965), expanded to include ferrugeneus by Corbet and Hill (1992). Chromosomes described by Nadler et al. (1975b)., Published as part of Robert S. Hoffmann & Charles G. Anderson, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 419-465 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 422, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353130, {"references":["Thomas, O. 1929. The mammals of Senor Budin's Patagonian expedition. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 10, 4: 35 - 45.","Milne-Edwards, A. 1867. Observations sur quelques mammiferes du nord de la Chine. Annales des sciences naturelles. Zoologie et biologie animale, 7 (5): 375 - 377.","Moore, J. C., and G. H. H. Tate. 1965. A study of the diurnal squirrels, Sciurinae, of the Indian and Indochinese subregions. Fieldiana: Zoology, 48: 1 - 351.","Robinson, H. C., and C. B. Kloss. 1922. New mammals from French Indo-China and Siam. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 9, 9: 87 - 99.","Robinson, H. C., and C. B. Kloss. 1916. Preliminary diagnoses of some new species and subspecies of mammals and birds obtained in Korinchi, West Sumatra, Feb. - June 1914. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 73: 269 - 278.","Corbet, G. B., and J. E. Hill. 1992. Mammals of the Indomalayan region. A systematic review. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 488 pp.","Nadler, C. F., R. S. Hoffmann, and M. E. Hight. 1975 b. Chromosomes of three species of Asian tree squirrels, Callosciurus (Rodentia: Sciuridae). Experientia, 31: 166 - 167."]}

Tamiops swinhoei (Milne-Edwards, 1874). Rech. Hist. Nat. Mammifères, 1:308. TYPE LOCALITY: "Moupin [Muping]," [= Baoxing, Sichuan, China]. Restricted by Allen (1940:673) to "Hongchantin...about 6000 feet." DISTRIBUTION: Extreme SW Gansu south through Tibet, Sichuan and Yunnan (China) to N Burma and N Vietnam; isolated population in Hebei (China). SYNONYMS: chingpingensis Lu and Qyan, 1965; clarkei Thomas, 1920; forresti Thomas, 1920; holti (Ellerman, 1940); olivaceus Osgood, 1932; russeolus Jacobi, 1923; spencei Thomas, 1921; vestitus Miller, 1915. COMMENTS: The form forresti was originally named as a subspecies of T. maritimus, but assigned to swinhoei by Moore and Tate (1965:248)., Published as part of Robert S. Hoffmann & Charles G. Anderson, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 419-465 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 457, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353130, {"references":["Ellerman, J. R. 1940. The families and genera of living rodents. Vol. 1. Rodents other than Muridae. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London, 689 pp.","Osgood, W. H. 1932. Mammals of the Kelley-Roosevelts and Delacour Asiatic expeditions. Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series, 18: 193 - 339.","Moore, J. C., and G. H. H. Tate. 1965. A study of the diurnal squirrels, Sciurinae, of the Indian and Indochinese subregions. Fieldiana: Zoology, 48: 1 - 351."]}

Sundasciurus brookei (Thomas, 1892). Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 9:253. TYPE LOCALITY: "Mount Dulit, N. Borneo" [Sarawak, Malaysia]. DISTRIBUTION: Mountains of Borneo, from 600 to 1500 m. COMMENTS: Subgenus Sundasciurus., Published as part of Robert S. Hoffmann & Charles G. Anderson, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 419-465 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 451, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353130

Prosciurillus weberi (Jentink, 1890). Weber's Zool. Ergebn. 1:115. TYPE LOCALITY: Indonesia, C Celebes, Luwu (near Palopo). DISTRIBUTION: C Sulawesi (Indonesia). COMMENTS: Elevated to specific status by Corbet and Hill (1992)., Published as part of Robert S. Hoffmann & Charles G. Anderson, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 419-465 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 436, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353130, {"references":["Corbet, G. B., and J. E. Hill. 1992. Mammals of the Indomalayan region. A systematic review. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 488 pp."]}

Tamias canipes (V. Bailey, 1902). Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 15:117. TYPE LOCALITY: " Guadalupe Mts" [Culberson Co., Texas, USA]. Restricted by A. Howell (1929:101) to head of Dog Canyon, 7,000 ft [2,130 m]. DISTRIBUTION: Mountains of SE New Mexico and W Texas (USA). SYNONYMS: sacramentoensis Flaherty, 1960. COMMENTS: Subgenus Neotamias. Elevated from subspecies of cinereicollis by Fleharty (1960). Reviewed by Findley et al. (1975:103-112)., Published as part of Robert S. Hoffmann & Charles G. Anderson, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 419-465 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 453, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353130, {"references":["Fleharty, E. D. 1960. The status of the gray-necked chipmunk in New Mexico. Journal of Mammalogy, 41: 235 - 242.","Findley, J. S., A. H. Harris, D. E. Wilson, and C. Jones. 1975. Mammals of New Mexico. University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, 360 pp."]}

Menetes berdmorei (Blyth, 1849). J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 18(30):603. TYPE LOCALITY: "Thougyeen district" [Tenasserim, Burma]. DISTRIBUTION: S Vietnam, Cambodia, S Laos, Thailand, S Yunnan (China) to C Burma. SYNONYMS: amotus (Miller, 1913); consularis Thomas, 1914; decoratus Thomas, 1914; koratensis (Gyldenstolpe, 1917); moerescens Thomas, 1914; mouhotei (Gray, 1861); peninsularis Kloss, 1919; pyrrocephalus (Milne-Edwards, 1867); rufescens Kloss, 1916; umbrosus Kloss, 1916. COMMENTS: For taxonomic history, see Moore and Tate (1965:294). Chromosomes described by Nadler and Hoffmann (1970)., Published as part of Robert S. Hoffmann & Charles G. Anderson, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 419-465 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 433, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353130, {"references":["Milne-Edwards, A. 1867. Observations sur quelques mammiferes du nord de la Chine. Annales des sciences naturelles. Zoologie et biologie animale, 7 (5): 375 - 377.","Moore, J. C., and G. H. H. Tate. 1965. A study of the diurnal squirrels, Sciurinae, of the Indian and Indochinese subregions. Fieldiana: Zoology, 48: 1 - 351.","Nadler, C. F., and R. S. Hoffmann. 1970. Chromosomes of some Asian and South American squirrels (Rodentia, Sciuridae). Experientia, 26: 1383 - 1386."]}

Dremomys rufigenis (Blanford, 1878). J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 47(2):156. TYPE LOCALITY: Burma, Tenasserim, Mt. Mooleyit. DISTRIBUTION: NE India, N and C Burma, Yunnan (China), Laos, south through Vietnam, Thailand, peninsular Malaysia. SYNONYMS: adamsoni Thomas, 1914; belfieldi (Bonhote, 1908); fuscus (Bonhote, 1907); laomache Thomas, 1921; opimus Thomas and Wroughton, 1916. COMMENTS: Formerly included pyrrhomerus; but see Moore and Tate (1965). Chromosomes described by Nadler and Hoffmann (1970)., Published as part of Robert S. Hoffmann & Charles G. Anderson, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 419-465 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 425, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353130, {"references":["Moore, J. C., and G. H. H. Tate. 1965. A study of the diurnal squirrels, Sciurinae, of the Indian and Indochinese subregions. Fieldiana: Zoology, 48: 1 - 351.","Nadler, C. F., and R. S. Hoffmann. 1970. Chromosomes of some Asian and South American squirrels (Rodentia, Sciuridae). Experientia, 26: 1383 - 1386."]}

Petinomys setosus (Temminck, 1844). Fauna Japonica, l(Mamm.), p. 49. TYPE LOCALITY: "...Padang, èie de Sumatra " [Indonesia]. DISTRIBUTION: Burma, Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo [Indonesia]. SYNONYMS: morrisi Carter, 1942. COMMENTS: Includes morrisi; see Muul and Thonglongya (1971) and Corbet and Hill (1980:137). McKenna (1962) considered morrisi assignable to a distinct genus Olisthomys., Published as part of Robert S. Hoffmann & Charles G. Anderson, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 419-465 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 464, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353130, {"references":["Muul, I., and K. Thonglongya. 1971. Taxonomic status of Petinomys morrisi (Carter) and its relationship to Petinomys setosus (Temminck and Schlegel). Journal of Mammalogy, 52: 362 - 369.","Corbet, G. B., and J. E. Hill. 1980. A world list of mammalian species. British Museum (Natural History), London, 226 pp.","McKenna, M. C. 1962. Eupetaurus and the living petauristine sciurids. American Museum Novitates, 2104: 1 - 38."]}

Aeromys thomasi (Hose, 1900). Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 5:215. TYPE LOCALITY: "Silat River, about 70 miles south of Claudetown, Eastern Sarawak " [Baram, Sarawak, Malaysia]. DISTRIBUTION: Borneo, except SE. SYNONYMS: nitidus Jentink, 1897., Published as part of Robert S. Hoffmann & Charles G. Anderson, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 419-465 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 459, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353130

Paraxerus flavovittis (Peters, 1852). Bericht Verhandl. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 17:274. TYPE LOCALITY: NE Mozambique, Mocimboa, 11 °S on the coast. "Africa orientalis, Mossimboa, Quitangonha, a 11 ° ad 15° Lat. Austr." DISTRIBUTION: S Kenya, Tanzania, N Mozambique. SYNONYMS: exgeanus (Hinton, 1920); ibeanus (Hinton, 1920); mossambicus (Thomas, 1919). COMMENTS: Commonly spelled flavivittis but this was an unjustified emendation by Peters (1852)., Published as part of Robert S. Hoffmann & Charles G. Anderson, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 419-465 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 435, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353130, {"references":["Thomas, O. 1919. On small mammals from \" Otro Cerro \" north-eastern Rioja, collected by Sr. E. Budin. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 9, 3: 489 - 500.","Peters, W. C. H. 1852. Reise nach Mossambique. I. Saugethiere. Druck & Verlag, Berlin, 202 pp."]}

Ratufa Gray, 1867. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3, 20:273. TYPE SPECIES: Sciurus indicus Erxleben, 1777. SYNONYMS: Eosciurus Trouessart, 1880; Rukaia Gray, 1867. COMMENTS: Tribe Ratufini (Moore, 1959). Reviewed in part by Moore and Tate (1965)., Published as part of Robert S. Hoffmann & Charles G. Anderson, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 419-465 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 437, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353130, {"references":["Erxleben, J. C. P. 1777. Systema regni animalis per classes, ordines, genera, species, varietates, cum synonymia et historia animalium. Classis I. Mammalia. Weygandianis, Lipsiae, 636 pp.","Moore, J. C. 1959. Relationships among the living squirrels of the Sciurinae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 118 (4): 157 - 206.","Moore, J. C., and G. H. H. Tate. 1965. A study of the diurnal squirrels, Sciurinae, of the Indian and Indochinese subregions. Fieldiana: Zoology, 48: 1 - 351."]}

Funambulus layardi (Blyth, 1849). J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 18:602. TYPE LOCALITY: "Upland districts" [Sri Lanka]. Restricted by Thomas (1924:241) to "Ambigamoa Hills...Central Province (7° N., 80° 3'E.)...." DISTRIBUTION: S and C Sri Lanka, and mountains of S India. SYNONYMS: dravidianus Robinson, 1917; signatus Thomas, 1924. COMMENTS: Subgenus Funambulus. The presence of this species in S India is based on very few specimens., Published as part of Robert S. Hoffmann & Charles G. Anderson, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 419-465 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 426, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353130

Tamias merriami J. A. Allen, 1889. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 2:176. TYPE LOCALITY: "San Bernardino Mts" [N of San Bernardino, 4,500 feet (1,372 m), San Bernardino Co., California, USA]. DISTRIBUTION: San Francisco Bay southward in the Coast Range, and south of Columbia (California, USA) in the Sierra Nevada, to extreme N Baja California (Mexico). SYNONYMS: kernensis (Grinnell and Storer, 1916); mariposae (Grinnell and Storer, 1916); pricei J. Allen, 1895. COMMENTS: Subgenus Neotamias. Formerly included meridionalis and obscurus; see Callahan (1977). See also comment under obscurus., Published as part of Robert S. Hoffmann & Charles G. Anderson, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 419-465 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 454, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353130

Pteromys G. Cuvier, 1800. Lecon's Anat. Comp., I, tab. 1. TYPE SPECIES: Sciurus volans Linnaeus, 1758. SYNONYMS: Sciuropterus F. Cuvier, 1825. COMMENTS: Sciuropterus was previously employed for this genus by Simpson (1945:80); he believed Pteromys to be a synonym of Petaurista, but Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951:466) presented evidence for the validity of Pteromys., Published as part of Robert S. Hoffmann & Charles G. Anderson, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 419-465 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 464, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353130, {"references":["Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classis, ordines, genera, species cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tenth ed. Vol. 1. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 824 pp.","Cuvier, F. G. 1825. Elephant d' Afrique. Pp. VI, in E. Geoffroy St. - Hilaire and F. Cuvier, Histoire Naturelle Mammiferes, 3 (52): 2.","Simpson, G. G. 1945. The principles of classification and a classification of mammals. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 85: 1 - 350.","Ellerman, J. R., and T. C. S. Morrison-Scott. 1951. Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian mammals 1758 to 1946. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London, 810 pp."]}

Heliosciurus rufobrachium (Waterhouse, 1842). Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., [ser. 1], 10:202. TYPE LOCALITY: Equatorial Guinea, Bioko "... brought from Fernando Po...". DISTRIBUTION: Senegal, W Gambia, W Guinea Bissau, W Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, S Ivory Coast, S Ghana, S Togo, Benin, S Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko and Rio Muni (Equatorial Guinea), SW Central African Republic, SE Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, SW and SE Kenya, E and NW Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, E Zimbabwe, Zaire. SYNONYMS: acticola Thomas, 1923; arrhenii (Lönnberg, 1917); aschantiensis (Neumann, 1902); aubryi (Milne-Edwards, 1867); benga Cabrera, 1917; brauni St. Leger, 1935; caurinus Thomas, 1923; coenosus (Thomas, 1909); emissus Thomas, 1923; hardyi Thomas, 1923; isabellinus (Gray, 1867); keniae (Neumann, 1902); leonensis Thomas, 1923; libericus (Miller, 1900); lualabae Thomas, 1923; maculatus (Temminck, 1853); medjianus Allen, 1922; nyansae (Neuman, 1902); obfuscatus Thomas, 1923; occidentalis (Monard, 1941); pasha (Schwann, 1904); rubricatus Allen, 1922; rufo-brachiatus (Waterhouse, 1843); semlikii Thomas, 1907; waterhousii (Gray, 1867); leakyi Toschi, 1946. COMMENTS: Inclusion of aubryi and emissus questioned (Amtmann, 1975; Grubb, 1978:158)., Published as part of Robert S. Hoffmann & Charles G. Anderson, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 419-465 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 429, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353130, {"references":["Milne-Edwards, A. 1867. Observations sur quelques mammiferes du nord de la Chine. Annales des sciences naturelles. Zoologie et biologie animale, 7 (5): 375 - 377.","Amtmann, E. 1975. Family Sciuridae. Part 6. 1. Pp. 1 - 12, in The mammals of Africa: An identification manual (J. Meester and H. W. Setzer, eds.) [issued 10 Dec 1975]. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C., not continuously paginated.","Grubb, P. 1978. Patterns of speciation in African mammals. Pp. 152 - 167, in Ecology and taxonomy of African small mammals (D. A. Schlitter, ed.). Bulletin, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 6: 1 - 214."]}