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--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER SCIUROMORPHA
--> FAMILY Sciuridae
--> SUBFAMILY Sciurillinae
--> GENUS Sciurillus
SPECIES Sciurillus pusillus
| Author: | E. Geoffroy, 1803. | | Citation: | In Cat. Mamm. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris: 178. | | Common Name: | Neotropical Pygmy Squirrel | | Type Locality: | French Guiana, Cayenne. | | Distribution: | Brazil, French Guiana, Peru, Suriname. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Husson (1978) designated a lectotype. Allelic data first indicated that this species falls outside the clade that contains other New World tree squirrels (Hafner et al., 1994a). |
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