Rhinosciurus Blyth 1856 (ant-eating squirrel)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Parent taxon: Callosciurini according to J. M. Mercer and V. L. Roth 2003

Sister taxa: Callosciurus, Dremomys, Exilisciurus, Glyphotes, Hyosciurus, Lariscus, Menetes, Nannosciurus, Prosciurillus, Rubrisciurus, Sundasciurus, Tamiops

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: scansorial granivore-frugivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Rhinosciurus in the database

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