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GENUS Rheithrosciurus
| Author: | Gray, 1867. | | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3, 20: 273. | | Type Species: | Sciurus macrotis Gray, 1857. | | Comments: | Tribe Sciurini according to Moore (1959:177), or incertae sedis (Simpson, 1945:78). Recent molecular studies (Mercer and Roth, 2003) support the placement of Rheithrosciurus in the tribe Sciurini. |
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| Offspring: SPECIES macrotis | Synonyms:
Rhithrosciurus Hose, 1893
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