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GENUS Myosciurus
| Author: | Thomas, 1909. | | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 3: 474. | | Type Species: | Sciurus minutus Du Chaillu, 1860 (= Sciurus pumilio Le Conte, 1857). | | Comments: | Tribe Funambulini according to Moore (1959). The recent molecular study of Mercer and Roth (2003) places Myosciurius with the other African tree squirrels, to the exclusion of Funambulus. |
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| Offspring: SPECIES pumilio | Synonyms: |
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