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Table 3 New taxonomic arrangement proposed for the tribe Sciurini based on the species analyzed and recognized as valid in this study. We did not analyze material from Tamiasciurus fremonti sensu [24], Microsciurus santanderensis and M. simonsi sensu [2], which are treated as valid but not listed below

From: Museomics of tree squirrels: a dense taxon sampling of mitogenomes reveals hidden diversity, phenotypic convergence, and the need of a taxonomic overhaul

Family Sciuridae G. Fischer, 1817

Subfamily Sciurinae G. Fischer, 1817

Tribe Sciurini G. Fischer, 1817

GenusTamiasiurus Trouessart, 1880

Tamiasciurus douglasii (Bachman, 1839)

Tamiasciurus hudsonicus (Erxleben, 1777)

GenusRheithrosciurus Gray, 1867

Rheithrosciurus macrotis (Gray, 1856)

GenusSciurus Linnaeus, 1758

Sciurus anomalus Gmelin, 1778

Sciurus lis Temminck, 1844

Sciurus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758

GenusHesperosciurus Nelson, 1899

Hesperosciurus griseus (Ord, 1818)

Hesperosciurus aberti (Woodhouse, 1852)

GenusParasciurus Trouessart, 1880

Parasciurus arizonensis (Coues, 1867)

Parasciurus nayaritensis (J. A. Allen, 1890)

Parasciurus niger (Linnaeus, 1758)

Parasciurus alleni (Nelson, 1898)

Parasciurus oculatus (Peters, 1863)

GenusNeosciurus Trouessart, 1880

Neosciurus carolinensis (Gmelin, 1788)

GenusMicrosciurus J. A. Allen, 1895

Microsciurus alfari J. A. Allen, 1895

Microsciurus “species 1”

GenusSyntheosciurus Bangs, 1902

Syntheosciurus brochus Bangs, 1902

Syntheosciurus granatensis (Humboldt, 1811)

GenusEchinosciurus Trouessart, 1880

Echinosciurus aureogaster (F. Cuvier, 1829)

Echinosciurus colliaei (Richardson, 1839)

Echinosciurus deppei (Peters, 1863)

Echinosciurus yucatanensis (J. A. Allen, 1877)

Echinosciurus variegatoides (Ogilby, 1839)

GenusLeptosciurus Allen, 1915

Leptosciurus mimulus (Thomas, 1898)

Leptosciurus pucheranii (Fitzinger, 1867)

Leptosciurus similis (Nelson, 1899)

Leptosciurus otinus (Thomas, 1901)

Leptosciurus boquetensis (Nelson, 1903)

Leptosciurus isthmius (Nelson, 1899)

GenusSimosciurus J. A. Allen, 1915

Simosciurus nebouxii (I. Geoffroy St.-Hilaire, 1855)

Simosciurus stramineus (Gervais, 1841)

GenusGuerlinguetus Gray, 1821

Guerlinguetus aestuans “a”

Guerlinguetus aestuans “b”

Guerlinguetus aestuans “c”

Guerlinguetus brasiliensis (Gmelin, 1788)

Genus“Microsciurus”

“Microsciurus” sabanillae Anthony, 1922

“Microsciurus” “species 2”

“Microsciurus” flaviventer (Gray, 1867)

GenusHadrosciurus J. A. Allen, 1915

Hadrosciurus “species 3”

Hadrosciurus igniventris (Wagner, 1842)

Hadrosciurus pyrrhinus (Thomas, 1898)

Hadrosciurus ignitus (Gray, 1867)

Hadrosciurus spadiceus (Olfers, 1818)