Neotropical Pygmy Squirrel

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iNeotropical Pygmy Squirrel
Fossil range: Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Subfamily: Sciurillinae
Moore, 1959
Genus: Sciurillus
Thomas, 1914
Species: S. pusillus
Binomial name
Sciurillus pusillus
(E. Geoffrey, 1803)

The Neotropical Pygmy Squirrel, Sciurillus pusillus, is a very small squirrel species from South America. It is the only living member of the genus Sciurillus and the subfamily Sciurillinae. It is found in the lowland rainforests of Brazil, French Guyana, Guyana and Suriname.

[edit] References

  • John F Eisenberg and Kent H Redford, 2000. Mammals of the Neotropics: Ecuador, Bolivia, Brazil