SCIURIDAE DIRECTORY

Tree Squirrels

Arboreal members of the squirrel family, from familiar woodland squirrels to giant and pygmy species found around the world.

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American Red Squirrel

Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

Asian Red-cheeked Squirrel

Dremomys rufigenis

Bangs's Mountain Squirrel

Syntheosciurus brochus

Black Giant Squirrel

Ratufa bicolor

Near Threatened

Black-and-red Bush Squirrel

Paraxerus lucifer

Black-eared Squirrel

Nannosciurus melanotis

Boehm’s Bush Squirrel

Paraxerus boehmi

Bolivian Squirrel

Sciurus ignitus

Bornean Mountain Squirrel

Sundasciurus everetti

Brooke's Squirrel

Sundasciurus brookei

Busuanga Squirrel

Sundasciurus hoogstraali

Cambodian Striped Squirrel

Tamiops rodolphii

Carruthers's Rope Squirrel

Funisciurus carruthersi

Celebes Dwarf Squirrel

Prosciurillus murinus

Collie's Squirrel

Sciurus colliaei

Congo Rope Squirrel

Funisciurus congicus

Culion Tree Squirrel

Sundasciurus moellendorffi

Davao Squirrel

Sundasciurus davensis

Deppe’s Squirrel

Sciurus deppei

Douglas Squirrel

Tamiasciurus douglasii

Eastern Fox Squirrel

Sciurus niger

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Eastern Gray Squirrel

Sciurus carolinensis

Finlayson’s Squirrel

Callosciurus finlaysonii

Fire-footed Rope Squirrel

Funisciurus pyrropus

Forest Giant Squirrel

Protoxerus stangeri

Forrest's Rock Squirrel

Sciurotamias forresti

Fremont’s Squirrel

Tamiasciurus fremonti

Gambian Sun Squirrel

Heliosciurus gambianus

Guayaquil Squirrel

Sciurus stramineus

Himalayan Striped Squirrel

Tamiops mcclellandii

Horse-tailed Squirrel

Sundasciurus hippurus

Indian Giant Squirrel

Ratufa indica

Ingram's Squirrel

Sciurus ingrami

Japanese Squirrel

Sciurus lis

Jentink's Squirrel

Sundasciurus jentinki

Kintampo Rope Squirrel

Funisciurus substriatus

Lady Burton's Rope Squirrel

Funisciurus isabella

Least Pygmy Squirrel

Exilisciurus exilis

Low’s Squirrel

Sundasciurus lowii

Lowland Long-nosed Squirrel

Hyosciurus ileile

Lowland Slender Squirrel

Sundasciurus tenuis

Malayan Mountain Squirrel

Sundasciurus tahan

Maritime Striped Squirrel

Tamiops maritimus

Mearns’s Squirrel

Tamiasciurus mearnsi

Mexican Fox Squirrel

Sciurus nayaritensis

Mindanao Squirrel

Sundasciurus mindanensis

Montane Long-nosed Squirrel

Hyosciurus heinrichi

Mutable Sun Squirrel

Heliosciurus mutabilis

Neotropical Pygmy Squirrel

Sciurillus pusillus

Northern Palawan Tree Squirrel

Sundasciurus juvencus

Ochre Bush Squirrel

Paraxerus ochraceus

Orange-bellied Himalayan Squirrel

Dremomys lokriah

Pale Giant Squirrel

Ratufa affinis

Palawan Montane Squirrel

Sundasciurus rabori

Pallas’s Squirrel

Callosciurus erythraeus

Perny's Long-nosed Squirrel

Dremomys pernyi

Philippine Pygmy Squirrel

Exilisciurus concinnus

Philippine Tree Squirrel

Sundasciurus philippinensis

Père David's Rock Squirrel

Sciurotamias davidianus

Prevost’s Squirrel

Callosciurus prevostii

Red Bush Squirrel

Paraxerus palliatus

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Red-bellied Squirrel

Sciurus aureogaster

Red-cheeked Rope Squirrel

Funisciurus leucogenys

Red-legged Sun Squirrel

Heliosciurus rufobrachium

Red-hipped Squirrel

Dremomys pyrrhomerus

Red-tailed Squirrel

Sciurus granatensis

Red-throated Squirrel

Dremomys gularis

Ribboned Rope Squirrel

Funisciurus lemniscatus

Robinson’s Squirrel

Sundasciurus robinsoni

Ruwenzori Sun Squirrel

Heliosciurus ruwenzorii

Samar Squirrel

Sundasciurus samarensis

Sangihe Dwarf Squirrel

Prosciurillus rosenbergii

Secretive Dwarf Squirrel

Prosciurillus abstrusus

Near Threatened

Shrew-faced Squirrel

Rhinosciurus laticaudatus

Near Threatened

Slender-tailed Squirrel

Protoxerus aubinnii

Near Threatened

Small Sun Squirrel

Heliosciurus punctatus

Smith’s Bush Squirrel

Paraxerus cepapi

Southern Amazon Red Squirrel

Sciurus spadiceus

Southern Palawan Tree Squirrel

Sundasciurus steerii

Sri Lankan Giant Squirrel

Ratufa macroura

Near Threatened

Striped Bush Squirrel

Paraxerus flavovittis

Sulawesi Giant Squirrel

Rubrisciurus rubriventer

Sun Squirrels (Genus)

Heliosciurus

Not applicable — genus

Swinhoe’s Striped Squirrel

Tamiops swinhoei

Swynnerton's Bush Squirrel

Paraxerus vexillarius

Thomas’s Rope Squirrel

Funisciurus anerythrus

Tufted Pygmy Squirrel

Exilisciurus whiteheadi

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Variegated Squirrel

Sciurus variegatoides

Vincent’s Bush Squirrel

Paraxerus vincenti

Weber’s Dwarf Squirrel

Prosciurillus weberi

Whitish Dwarf Squirrel

Prosciurillus leucomus

Yucatán Red Squirrel

Sciurus yucatanensis

Zanj Sun Squirrel

Heliosciurus undulatus