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Secretive dwarf squirrel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Prosciurillus
Species:
P. abstrusus
Binomial name
Prosciurillus abstrusus
Moore, 1958[2]

The secretive dwarf squirrel (Prosciurillus abstrusus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to Sulawesi, Indonesia, where it is found on the Mengkoka Mountains in southeastern Sulawesi. Its natural habitat is montane forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Chiozza, F. (2016). "Prosciurillus abstrusus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T18362A22256526. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T18362A22256526.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ Moore, Joseph Curtis (1958). "New genera of East Indian squirrels". American Museum Novitates. 1914: 1–5. hdl:2246/4882.
  • 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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