Rubrisciurus Ellerman 1954

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 : 786

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316535
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scientific name	Rubrisciurus Ellerman 1954
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Treatment

Rubrisciurus Ellerman 1954 , in: Laurie and Hill, Land Mammals of New Guinea, Celebes, and Adjacent Islands: 94.

Type Species: Sciurus rubriventer Müller and Schlegel 1844

Species and subspecies: 1 species:

Species Rubrisciurus rubriventer (Müller and Schlegel 1844)

Discussion: Tribe Callosciurini according to Moore (1959:174). Sometimes considered a subgenus of Callosciurus ; see Laurie and Hill (1954:93) and Corbet and Hill (1992); but see also Moore (1959) and McLaughlin (1984:273), who considered it a distinct genus.