Prosciurillus

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Prosciurillus
Temporal range: Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Subfamily: Callosciurinae
Tribe: Callosciurini
Genus: Prosciurillus
Ellerman, 1947
Species

Prosciurillus abstrusus
Prosciurillus leucomus
Prosciurillus murinus
Prosciurillus rosenbergii
Prosciurillus weberi

Prosciurillus is a genus of rodent in the Sciuridae family, found in Indonesia. It contains the following species:

  • Secretive Dwarf Squirrel (Prosciurillus abstrusus)
  • Whitish Dwarf Squirrel (Prosciurillus leucomus)
  • Celebes Dwarf Squirrel (Prosciurillus murinus)
  • Sanghir Squirrel (Prosciurillus rosenbergii)
  • Weber's Dwarf Squirrel (Prosciurillus weberi)

References

  • Thorington, R. W. Jr. and R. S. Hoffman. 2005. Family Sciuridae. pp. 754–818 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
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