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Exilisciurus

Mammal Genera

Exilisciurus, the pygmy squirrels, is a genus of three species living in forests across Southeast Asia: the Philippine pygmy squirrel, the least or plain pygmy squirrel, and the tufted pygmy squirrel, formally placed in this genus by Moore in 1958. These tiny squirrels are mostly olive-brown to grey-brown, though the tufted pygmy squirrel has conspicuous ear tufts, and they are active, omnivorous animals that eat both vegetation and insects. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Classification
Living or Extinct
Yes 1
Taxonomic Rank
Genus 2
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1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ728429, descriptionView the Source
2. Exilisciurus (Wikipedia)
  • Introduction
    Exilisciurus is a genus of rodent in the family Sciuridae from forests in Southeast Asia.
  • Taxonomic rank (structure-wave classification, ruling 761/926)
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Wikidata: Exilisciurus
Wikidata Q728429, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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