Myosciurus Thomas 1909

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 754-818 : 794

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scientific name	Myosciurus Thomas 1909
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Myosciurus Thomas 1909 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 3: 474.

Type Species: Sciurus minutus Du Chaillu 1860

Species and subspecies: 1 species:

Species Myosciurus pumilio (Le Conte 1857)

Discussion: Tribe Funambulini according to Moore (1959). The recent molecular study of Mercer and Roth (2003) places Myosciurius with the other African tree squirrels, to the exclusion of Funambulus .