Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Rodentia

Subsequent positions

Sciurida (Infraorder) Brandt, 1855

Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 121.

Original entries

Questionably †Cedromurinae (Subfamily) Korth & Emry, 1991
Questionably Pteromyinae (Subfamily) Brandt, 1855
Questionably Sciurinae (Subfamily) Batsch, 1788
Questionably †Sciurion (Genus) Skwara, 1986
Questionably †Vulcanisciurus (Genus) Lavocat, 1973

Current position

Sciuroidea (Superfamily) Batsch, 1788

Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 636.

Alternative positions

Rodentia (Order) Bowdich, 1821	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 136.
Sciurida (Infraorder) Brandt, 1855	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 121. [new position]
Sciurognathi (Suborder) (Tullberg, 1899)	Ref: R.S. Hoffmann et al., 1993: 419.
Sciuromorpha (Suborder) Brandt, 1855	Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27).

Historical positions

Sciuromorpha (Suborder) Brandt, 1855	Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27).
Sciuromorpha (Suborder) Brandt, 1855	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 58.
Sciurida (Infraorder) Brandt, 1855	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 121. [new position]
Sciurognathi (Suborder) (Tullberg, 1899)	Ref: R.S. Hoffmann et al., 1993: 419; 7.
Rodentia (Order) Bowdich, 1821	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 136.
Sciuroidea (Superfamily) Batsch, 1788	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 636.
Sciuromorpha (Suborder) Brandt, 1855	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1046-1047.
Sciuromorpha (Suborder) Brandt, 1855	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Sciuroidea (Superfamily) Batsch, 1788	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 581.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	51g;275s;28ss; †35g;17s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[51g;274s; †35g]
2011	D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 58	58g;285s
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[51g; †35g]
1993	R.S. Hoffmann et al.	50g;273s
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[49g];~254[259]s
1982	A.F. DeBlase	2sf;[51g]