Rheithrosciurus Gray 1867

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 754-818 : 758

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scientific name	Rheithrosciurus Gray 1867
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Rheithrosciurus Gray 1867 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3, 20: 273.

Type Species: Sciurus macrotis Gray 1857

Synonyms: Rhithrosciurus Hose 1893 .

Species and subspecies: 1 species:

Species Rheithrosciurus macrotis (Gray 1856)

Discussion: Tribe Sciurini according to Moore (1959:177), or incertae sedis ( Simpson, 1945:78). Recent molecular studies ( Mercer and Roth, 2003) support the placement of Rheithrosciurus in the tribe Sciurini .