A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Sciuridae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Northern Chinese Flying SquirrelAeretes melanopterus (Milne-Edwards, 1867) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black Flying SquirrelAeromys tephromelas (Günther, 1873) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Thomas's Flying SquirrelAeromys thomasi (Hose, 1900) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Nelson's Antelope SquirrelAmmospermophilus nelsoni (Merriam, 1893) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pallas's SquirrelCallosciurus erythraeus (Pallas, 1779) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Finlayson's SquirrelCallosciurus finlaysonii (Horsfield, 1823) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Inornate SquirrelCallosciurus inornatus (Gray, 1867) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-striped SquirrelCallosciurus nigrovittatus (Horsfield, 1823) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Plantain SquirrelCallosciurus notatus (Boddaert, 1785) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Borneo Black-banded SquirrelCallosciurus orestes (Thomas, 1895) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Phayre's SquirrelCallosciurus phayrei (Blyth, 1856) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Prevost's SquirrelCallosciurus prevostii (Desmarest, 1822) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Arizona black-tailed prairie dogCynomys (Cynomys) ludovicianus (Ord, 1815) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gunnison's Prairie DogCynomys (Leucocrossuromys) gunnisoni (Baird, 1855) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-tailed Prairie DogCynomys (Leucocrossuromys) leucurus Merriam, 1890 | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Utah Prairie DogCynomys (Leucocrossuromys) parvidens J. A. Allen, 1905 | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bornean Mountain Ground SquirrelDremomys everetti (Thomas, 1890) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-throated SquirrelDremomys gularis Osgood, 1932 | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Orange-bellied Himalayan SquirrelDremomys lokriah (Hodgson, 1836) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Perny's Long-nosed SquirrelDremomys pernyi (Milne-Edwards, 1867) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-hipped SquirrelDremomys pyrrhomerus (Thomas, 1895) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Asian Red-cheeked SquirrelDremomys rufigenis (Blanford, 1878) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Woolly Flying SquirrelEupetaurus cinereus Thomas, 1888 | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Philippine Pygmy SquirrelExilisciurus concinnus (Thomas, 1888) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tufted Pygmy SquirrelExilisciurus whiteheadi (Thomas, 1887) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Layard's Palm SquirrelFunambulus (Funambulus) layardi (Blyth, 1849) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Carruther's Mountain SquirrelFunisciurus carruthersi Thomas, 1906 | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Congo Rope SquirrelFunisciurus congicus (Kuhl, 1820) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Du Chaillu's Rope SquirrelFunisciurus duchaillui Sanborn, 1953 | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ribboned Rope SquirrelFunisciurus lemniscatus (Le Conte, 1857) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Kintampo Rope SquirrelFunisciurus substriatus de Winton, 1899 | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Northern Flying SquirrelGlaucomys sabrinus (Shaw, 1801) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Southern Flying SquirrelGlaucomys volans (Linnaeus, 1758) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sculptor SquirrelGlyphotes simus Thomas, 1898 | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gambian Sun SquirrelHeliosciurus gambianus (Ogilby, 1835) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mutable Sun SquirrelHeliosciurus mutabilis (Peters, 1852) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Small Sun SquirrelHeliosciurus punctatus (Temminck, 1853) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-legged Sun SquirrelHeliosciurus rufobrachium (Waterhouse, 1842) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ruwenzori Sun SquirrelHeliosciurus ruwenzorii (Schwann, 1904) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Particolored Flying SquirrelHylopetes alboniger (Hodgson, 1836) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bartel's Flying SquirrelHylopetes bartelsi (Chasen, 1939) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Palawan Flying SquirrelHylopetes nigripes (Thomas, 1893) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Indochinese Flying SquirrelHylopetes phayrei (Blyth, 1859) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gray-cheeked flying squirrelHylopetes platyurus (Jentink, 1890) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hylopetes sagitta (Linnaeus, 1766) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sipora Flying SquirrelHylopetes sipora Chasen, 1940 | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-cheeked Flying SquirrelHylopetes spadiceus (Blyth, 1847) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sumatran Flying SquirrelHylopetes winstoni (Sody, 1949) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Montane Long-nosed SquirrelHyosciurus heinrichi Archbold & Tate, 1935 | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rio Grande Ground SquirrelIctidomys parvidens (Mearns, 1896) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.