Prosciurillus
Prosciurillus is a genus of rodent in the family Sciuridae, endemic to Sulawesi and nearby small islands, Indonesia. It contains the following species:
- Secretive dwarf squirrel (Prosciurillus abstrusus)
- Alston’s Sulawesi dwarf squirrel (Prosciurillus alstoni)
- Whitish dwarf squirrel (Prosciurillus leucomus)
- Celebes dwarf squirrel (Prosciurillus murinus)
- Roux’s Sulawesi dwarf squirrel (Prosciurillus topapuensis)
- Sanghir squirrel (Prosciurillus rosenbergii)
- Weber's dwarf squirrel (Prosciurillus weberi)
| Prosciurillus | |
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| Whitish dwarf squirrel (Prosciurillus leucomus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Subfamily: | Callosciurinae |
| Genus: | Prosciurillus Ellerman, 1947 |
| Species | |
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Prosciurillus abstrusus | |
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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