Tufted Pygmy Squirrel | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Sciuridae |
Genus: | Exilisciurus |
Species: | E. whiteheadi |
Binomial name | |
Exilisciurus whiteheadi (Thomas, 1887) |
The Tufted Pygmy Squirrel (Exilisciurus whiteheadi) is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is endemic to highland forest in Borneo. The common name of this tiny squirrel refers to its distinctive ear-tufts.