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.
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Exilisciurus is a genus of rodent in the family Sciuridae from forests in Southeast Asia.
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Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ728429, descriptionView the Source 2. Exilisciurus (Wikipedia)
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Exilisciurus is a genus of rodent in the family Sciuridae from forests in Southeast Asia.
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Wikidata: Exilisciurus
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