Neotropical Pygmy Squirrel
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| Neotropical Pygmy Squirrel Temporal range: Recent |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Subfamily: | Sciurillinae Moore, 1959 |
| Genus: | Sciurillus Thomas, 1914 |
| Species: | S. pusillus |
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| Sciurillus pusillus (E. Geoffrey, 1803) |
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| Neotropical Pygmy Squirrel | |
The Neotropical pygmy squirrel (Sciurillus pusillus) is a very small tree squirrel, being the only living species in the genus Sciurillus and the subfamily Sciurillinae. It is found in the lowland rainforests of Brazil, Colombia, Peru, French Guiana, Guyana and Suriname.
The table below lists the three recognized subspecies of Sciurillus pusillus, along with any synonyms associated with each subspecies:[2]
| Subspecies | Authority | Synonyms |
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| S. p. pusillus | E. Geoffroy (1803) | none |
| S. p. glaucinus | Thomas (1914) | hoehnei |
| S. p. kuhlii | Gray (1867) | none |
[edit] References
- ^ Amori, G., Koprowski, J. & Roth, L. (2008). Sciurillus pusillus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 January 2009.
- ^ a b Thorington, R.W., Jr.; Hoffmann, R.S. (2005). "Sciurillus pusillus". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference (3rd ed.). The Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 754–818. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4. OCLC 26158608. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=12400036.
[edit] Bibliography
- John F Eisenberg and Kent H Redford, 2000. Mammals of the Neotropics: Ecuador, Bolivia, Brazil
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