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G1 A ND4 ND1 CO3 12S IRBP GHR VWF CYTB R DLOOP BRCA1 Graphiurus microtis Graphiurus ocularis ● Graphiurus kelleni ● Graphiurus murinus ● Graphiurus lorraineus GLIRI Graphiurus johnstoni Graphiurus platyops ● Muscardinus avellanarius ● Myomimus roachi D ● ● Dryomys nitedula AE ● Dryomys laniger ● Eliomys melanurus Eliomys quercinus ● Glis glis ● Glirulus japonicus Aplodontia rufa AP ● Ratufa affinis Ratufa bicolor RA ● Sciurillus kuhlii Sciurillus pusillus SI ● Funambulus palmarum Funambulus pennantii ● ● Exilisciurus concinnus ● Exilisciurus exilis 8 ● Hyosciurus heinrichi ● ● Rubrisciurus rubriventer Prosciurillus murinus Nannosciurus melanotis ● Tamiops mcclellandii Tamiops swinhoei ● 11 ● Dremomys pernyi CALLOSCIURINAE ● Dremomys lokriah ● Dremomys gularis ● Dremomys rufigenis Dremomys pyrrhomerus ● Menetes berdmorei ● Rhinosciurus laticaudatus ● Lariscus insignis ● Callosciurus finlaysonii 12 ● ● Callosciurus erythraeus ● Callosciurus caniceps ● ● Callosciurus prevostii 9 ● Glyphotes simus ● ● Callosciurus nigrovittatus ● Sundasciurus lowii Sundasciurus fraterculus Sundasciurus samarensis Sundasciurus philippinensis ●● ● Sundasciurus mindanensis ● Sundasciurus hippurus Sundasciurus rabori ● Sundasciurus steerii ● ● Sundasciurus moellendorffi ● Sundasciurus juvencus Sundasciurus hoogstraali ● Sundasciurus brookei ● Sundasciurus jentinki Sundasciurus tenuis XERINAE Xerus erythropus ● ● Xerus princeps ● Xerus inauris ● ● Xerus rutilus ● Atlantoxerus getulus Spermophilopsis leptodactylus ● Xerinae b Glaucomys volans Glaucomys sabrinus Hylopetes nigripes ● ● ● Hylopetes sipora Hylopetes lepidus ● Hylopetes alboniger ● ● ● Petaurillus kinlochii ● ● Petinomys setosus Hylopetes phayrei Iomys horsfieldii Eoglaucomys fimbriatus ● Petaurista leucogenys ● ● Petaurista elegans Petaurista philippensis 10 ● SCIURINAE ● Petaurista xanthotis ● Petaurista alborufus ● Petaurista petaurista ● Pteromys volans Pteromys momonga Pteromyscus pulverulentus ● ● ● ● Belomys pearsonii ● Aeretes melanopterus ● Trogopterus xanthipes ● Eupetaurus cinereus SCIUROIDEA Aeromys tephromelas ● Tamiasciurus douglasii ● Tamiasciurus mearnsi Tamiasciurus hudsonicus ● Bootstrap >= 95 ● ● Rheithrosciurus macrotis ● Sciurus vulgaris ● 70 =< Bootstrap < 95 Sciurus lis ● Sciurus niger ● 50 =< Bootstrap < 70 ● ● Sciurus griseus Sciurus aberti Sciurus carolinensis ● Sciurus ignitus ● ● Sciurus aestuans Microsciurus flaviventer Sciurus variegatoides ● Sciurus stramineus Sciurus granatensis ● Syntheosciurus brochus Microsciurus alfari.

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