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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER SCIUROMORPHA
--> FAMILY Sciuridae
--> SUBFAMILY Xerinae
--> TRIBE Protoxerini
--> GENUS Myosciurus
SPECIES Myosciurus pumilio
| Author: | Le Conte, 1857. | | Citation: | Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 9: 11. | | Common Name: | African Pygmy Squirrel | | Type Locality: | Gabon. "...the head waters of the Ovenga River...". | | Distribution: | SE Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Bioko (Equatorial Guinea). | | Status: | IUCN – Vulnerable. | | Comments: | Reviewed by Gharaibeh and Jones (1996, Mammalian Species No. 523). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
minutulus Hollister, 1921
minutus (Du Chaillu, 1860)
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