Callosciurus Gray, 1867 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3, 20:277.

TYPE SPECIES: Sciurus rafflesii Vigors and Horsfield, 1828 (= Sciurus prevostii Desmarest, 1822).

SYNONYMS: Baginia Gray, 1867; Erythrosciurus Gray, 1867; Hessonoglyphotes Moore, 1959; Heterosciurus Trouessart, 1880; Tomeutes Thomas, 1915 .

COMMENTS: Tribe Callosciurini (Moore, 1959) . Formerly included Sundasciurus and Prosciurillus (in part; see Moore, 1958) and Tamiops (Moore and Tate, 1965) . See also Corbet and Hill (1992) who employed Callosciurus in the more inclusive sense. Reviewed in part by Chakraborty (1985).