Exilisciurus

Exilisciurus
Exilisciurus exilis in Sabah, Malaysia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Subfamily: Callosciurinae
Genus:
Moore, 1958
Type species
Sciurus exilis
Species

E. concinnus (Thomas, 1888)
E. exilis (Müller, 1838)
E. whiteheadi (Thomas, 1887)

Exilisciurus is a genus of rodent in the family 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]

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Payne, J.; C.F. Francis (1998). A Field Guide to the Mammals of Borneo (3 ed.). The Sabah Society. p. 243. ISBN 967-99947-1-6.


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