Taxa

Exilisciurus

Genus

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Nature Atlas. "Exilisciurus." Accessed September 8, 2026. https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/taxa/genus-exilisciurus.

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Nature Atlas. (n.d.). Exilisciurus. Retrieved September 8, 2026, from https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/taxa/genus-exilisciurus

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@misc{natureatlas-exilisciurus,
  author = {Nature Atlas},
  title = {Exilisciurus},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/taxa/genus-exilisciurus},
  note = {Accessed September 8, 2026}
}

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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Introduction

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Exilisciurus is a genus of rodent in the family Sciuridae from forests in Southeast Asia.

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