Rubrisciurus Ellerman 1954

Rubrisciurus Ellerman 1954, in: Laurie and Hill, Land Mammals of New Guinea, Celebes, and Adjacent Islands: 94.

Type Species: Sciurus rubriventer Müller and Schlegel 1844

Species and subspecies: 1 species:

Species Rubrisciurus rubriventer (Müller and Schlegel 1844)

Discussion: Tribe Callosciurini according to Moore (1959:174). Sometimes considered a subgenus of Callosciurus; see Laurie and Hill (1954:93) and Corbet and Hill (1992); but see also Moore (1959) and McLaughlin (1984:273), who considered it a distinct genus.