Callosciurus

Callosciurus; Temporal range: Early Pleistocene to Recent
	Prevost's squirrel (Callosciurus prevostii)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Sciuridae
Tribe:	Callosciurini
Genus:	Callosciurus; Gray, 1867
Type species
	Sciurus rafflesii;
Species
	Callosciurus adamsi (Kloss, 1921); Callosciurus albescens (Bonhote, 1901); Callosciurus baluensis (Bonhote, 1901); Callosciurus caniceps (Gray, 1842); Callosciurus erythraeus (Pallas, 1779); Callosciurus finlaysonii (Horsfield, 1824); Callosciurus honkhoaiensis (Nguyen et al., 2018); Callosciurus inornatus (Gray, 1867); Callosciurus melanogaster (Thomas, 1895); Callosciurus nigrovittatus (Horsfield, 1824); Callosciurus notatus (Boddaert, 1785); Callosciurus orestes (Thomas, 1895); Callosciurus phayrei (Blyth, 1856); Callosciurus prevostii (Desmarest, 1822); Callosciurus pygerythrus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1831); Callosciurus quinquestriatus (Anderson, 1871);

Callosciurus is a genus of squirrels collectively referred to as the "beautiful squirrels". They are found mainly in Southeast Asia, though a few species also occur in Nepal, northeastern India, Bangladesh and southern China. Several of the species have settled on islands. In total, the genus contains 15 species and numerous varieties and subspecies. The genera Glyphotes, Rubrisciurus, and Tamiops have sometimes been included in Callosciurus.

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