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Exilisciurus
Sign in to saveExilisciurus is a genus of rodent in the family Sciuridae from forests in Southeast Asia. These tiny squirrels are mostly olive-brown to grey-brown, although E. whiteheadi has conspicuous ear-tufts. They are active, and feed on both plant-material and insects.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderRodentia
- FamilySciuridae
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- Parent taxon
- Callosciurinae
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- SciurusWhiteheadiSmit.jpg
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- Exilisciurus
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- Category:Exilisciurus
- time period
- Holocene
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Exilisciurus is a genus of rodent in the family Sciuridae from forests in Southeast Asia. These tiny squirrels are mostly olive-brown to grey-brown, although E. whiteheadi has conspicuous ear-tufts. They are active, and feed on both plant-material and insects.
There are three species of Exilisciurus: Philippine pygmy squirrel, Exilisciurus concinnus Least (or plain) pygmy squirrel, Exilisciurus exilis Tufted pygmy squirrel, Exilisciurus whiteheadi
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Exilisciurus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.