THE NATURAL-HISTORY CATALOGUE
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Peters's SquirrelSciurus (Sciurus) oculatus Peters, 1863 | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Variegated SquirrelSciurus (Sciurus) variegatoides Ogilby, 1839 | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eurasian Red SquirrelSciurus (Sciurus) vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yucatan SquirrelSciurus (Sciurus) yucatanensis J. A. Allen, 1877 | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Caucasian SquirrelSciurus (Tenes) anomalus Gmelin, 1778 | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Southern Amazon Red SquirrelSciurus (Urosciurus) spadiceus Olfers, 1818 | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Long-clawed Ground SquirrelSpermophilopsis leptodactylus (Lichtenstein, 1823) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Alashan Ground SquirrelSpermophilus alashanicus Büchner, 1888 | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-cheeked Ground SquirrelSpermophilus erythrogenys Brandt, 1841 | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Russet Ground SquirrelSpermophilus major (Pallas, 1778) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Little Ground SquirrelSpermophilus pygmaeus (Pallas, 1778) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tien Shan Ground SquirrelSpermophilus ralli (Kuznetsov, 1948) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Relict Ground SquirrelSpermophilus relictus (Kashkarov, 1923) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Speckled Ground SquirrelSpermophilus suslicus (Güldenstaedt, 1770) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Taurus Ground SquirrelSpermophilus taurensis Gündüz, Jaarola, Tez, Yeniyurt, Polly, & Searle, 2007 | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Asia Minor Ground SquirrelSpermophilus xanthoprymnus (Bennett, 1835) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Busuanga SquirrelSundasciurus (Aletesciurus) hoogstraali (Sanborn, 1952) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Northern Palawan Tree SquirrelSundasciurus (Aletesciurus) juvencus (Thomas, 1908) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mindanao SquirrelSundasciurus (Aletesciurus) mindanensis (Steere, 1890) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Culion Tree SquirrelSundasciurus (Aletesciurus) moellendorffi (Matschie, 1898) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Philippine Tree SquirrelSundasciurus (Aletesciurus) philippinensis (Waterhouse, 1839) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Palawan Montane SquirrelSundasciurus (Aletesciurus) rabori Heaney, 1979 | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Samar SquirrelSundasciurus (Aletesciurus) samarensis (Steere, 1890) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Southern Palawan Tree SquirrelSundasciurus (Aletesciurus) steerii (Günther, 1877) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sumatran Mountain SquirrelSundasciurus (Sundasciurus) altitudinis (Robinson & Kloss, 1916) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brooke's SquirrelSundasciurus (Sundasciurus) brookei (Thomas, 1892) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Low's SquirrelSundasciurus (Sundasciurus) lowii (Thomas, 1892) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Upland SquirrelSundasciurus (Sundasciurus) tahan (Bonhote, 1908) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Slender SquirrelSundasciurus (Sundasciurus) tenuis (Horsfield, 1824) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Siberian ChipmunkTamias (Eutamias) sibiricus (Laxmann, 1769) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Alpine ChipmunkTamias (Neotamias) alpinus Merriam, 1893 | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yellow-pine ChipmunkTamias (Neotamias) amoenus J. A. Allen, 1890 | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Buller's ChipmunkTamias (Neotamias) bulleri J. A. Allen, 1889 | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gray-collared ChipmunkTamias (Neotamias) cinereicollis J. A. Allen, 1890 | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cliff ChipmunkTamias (Neotamias) dorsalis Baird, 1855 | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Durango ChipmunkTamias (Neotamias) durangae (J. A. Allen, 1903) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Merriam's ChipmunkTamias (Neotamias) merriami J. A. Allen, 1889 | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Least ChipmunkTamias (Neotamias) minimus Bachman, 1839 | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| California ChipmunkTamias (Neotamias) obscurus J. A. Allen, 1890 | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Redwood ChipmunkTamias (Neotamias) ochrogenys (Merriam, 1897) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Palmer's ChipmunkTamias (Neotamias) palmeri (Merriam, 1897) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Panamint ChipmunkTamias (Neotamias) panamintinus Merriam, 1893 | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Long-eared ChipmunkTamias (Neotamias) quadrimaculatus Gray, 1867 | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Colorado ChipmunkTamias (Neotamias) quadrivittatus (Say, 1823) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-tailed ChipmunkTamias (Neotamias) ruficaudus (A. H. Howell, 1920) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hopi ChipmunkTamias (Neotamias) rufus (Hoffmeister & Ellis, 1979) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Siskiyou ChipmunkTamias (Neotamias) siskiyou (A. H. Howell, 1922) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sonoma ChipmunkTamias (Neotamias) sonomae (Grinnell, 1915) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lodgepole ChipmunkTamias (Neotamias) speciosus Merriam, 1890 | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Townsend's ChipmunkTamias (Neotamias) townsendii Bachman, 1839 | 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.