Subfamily

Sciurinae (Typical and flying squirrels)

Tamiasciurus douglasii. Photo: (c) John Moyer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Sciurinae is a subfamily of squirrels in the (family Sciuridae), uniting the flying squirrels with certain related tree squirrels. Older sources place the flying squirrels in a separate subfamily (Pteromyinae) and unite all remaining sciurids into the subfamily Sciurinae, but this has been strongly refuted by genetic studies.

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Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
    - Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
      - Class: Mammalia (Mammals)
        Subclass: Theria (Therians)
        Infraclass: Placentalia (Placental mammals)
        Superorder: Euarchontoglires (Primates, rodents, and allies)
        Order: Rodentia (Rodents)
        Suborder: Sciuromorpha (Squirrels, dormice, and mountain beavers)
        Family: Sciuridae (Squirrels)
        Subfamily: Sciurinae (Typical and flying squirrels)
        Tribe: Sciurini (Typical squirrels) (2)
        Tribe: Pteromyini (Flying squirrels) (1)

Subtaxa

Tribe: Sciurini (Typical squirrels)

Tribe: Pteromyini (Flying squirrels)

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