The Neotropical pygmy squirrel (Sciurillus pusillus) is a South American tree squirrel and the only living species in its genus, Sciurillus, and in the subfamily Sciurillinae. Genetic analysis has shown it to be the sister group to all other squirrels. It is the smallest tree squirrel native to the Americas, about 10 centimetres in head and body length with an 11 centimetre tail, weighing 30 to 48 grams, with grizzled grey fur, a slightly reddish head and white markings behind its short, rounded ears. It lives in lowland tropical rainforest in widely separated regions of French Guiana, Suriname, Brazil, Peru and Colombia, and is diurnal, spending the day in the forest canopy. Three subspecies are recognised, though they may represent two or more distinct species.
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in French Guiana, Suriname, central Brazil, northern Peru, and southern Colombia
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in French Guiana, Suriname, central Brazil, northern Peru, and southern Colombia
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in French Guiana, Suriname, central Brazil, northern Peru, and southern Colombia
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in French Guiana, Suriname, central Brazil, northern Peru, and southern Colombia
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in French Guiana, Suriname, central Brazil, northern Peru, and southern Colombia
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Biology and behaviour
Neotropical pygmy squirrels are diurnal
Distribution and habitat, Suriname
in French Guiana, Suriname, central Brazil, northern Peru, and southern Colombia
Distribution and habitat, Brazil
in French Guiana, Suriname, central Brazil, northern Peru, and southern Colombia
Distribution and habitat, Peru
in French Guiana, Suriname, central Brazil, northern Peru, and southern Colombia
Distribution and habitat, Colombia
in French Guiana, Suriname, central Brazil, northern Peru, and southern Colombia
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the only living species in the genus Sciurillus
Distribution and habitat
they inhabit lowland tropical rainforests
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