Neotropical pygmy squirrel
Appearance
| Neotropical Pygmy Squirrel Temporal range: Recent | |
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| Subfamily: | Sciurillinae Moore, 1959 |
| Genus: | Sciurillus Thomas, 1914 |
| Species: | S. pusillus |
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| Sciurillus pusillus (E. Geoffrey, 1803) | |
Neotropical Pygmy Squirrel (Sciurillus pusillus) is a very small squirrel species from South America. It is the only living member of the genus Sciurillus and the subfamily Sciurillinae.