Sciurillus pusillus (E. Geoffroy 1803)

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 : 757

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316535
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11331268
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scientific name	Sciurillus pusillus (E. Geoffroy 1803)
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Sciurillus pusillus (E. Geoffroy 1803) View in CoL

[Sciurus] pusillus E. Geoffroy 1803 , in: Cat. Mamm. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris: 178.

Type Locality: French Guiana, Cayenne.

Vernacular Names: Neotropical Pygmy Squirrel.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Sciurillus pusillus subsp. pusillus E. Geoffroy 1803

Subspecies Sciurillus pusillus subsp. glaucinus Thomas 1914

Subspecies Sciurillus pusillus subsp. kuhlii Gray 1867

Distribution: Brazil, French Guiana, Peru, Suriname.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Husson (1978) designated a lectotype. Allelic data first indicated that this species falls outside the clade that contains other New World tree squirrels ( Hafner et al., 1994 a).