Exilisciurus
Exilisciurus Temporal range:
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E. exilis in Sabah, Malaysia | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Sciuridae |
Subfamily: | Callosciurinae |
Genus: | Exilisciurus Moore, 1958 |
Type species | |
Sciurus exilis | |
Species | |
E. concinnus (Thomas, 1888) |
Exilisciurus is a
Sciuridae from forests in Southeast Asia.[1] These tiny squirrels are mostly olive-brown to grey-brown, although E. whiteheadi has conspicuous ear-tufts. They are active, and feed on both plant-material and insects.[2]
There are three species of Exilisciurus:[1]
- Philippine pygmy squirrel, Exilisciurus concinnus
- Least (or plain) pygmy squirrel, Exilisciurus exilis
- Tufted pygmy squirrel, Exilisciurus whiteheadi
References
- ^ a b 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.
- ISBN 967-99947-1-6.