Neotropical pygmy squirrel
The Neotropical pygmy squirrel (Sciurillus pusillus) is a South American species of tree squirrel, being the only living species in the genus Sciurillus and the subfamily Sciurillinae. Genetic analysis has shown it to be the sister group to all other squirrels.
| Neotropical pygmy squirrel | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Subfamily: | Sciurillinae Moore, 1959 |
| Genus: | Sciurillus Thomas, 1914 |
| Species: | S. pusillus |
| Binomial name | |
| Sciurillus pusillus (Geoffroy, 1803) | |
| Neotropical pygmy squirrel range | |
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