Least pygmy squirrel

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Least pygmy squirrel


Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Sciuridae
Genus:	Exilisciurus
Species:	E. exilis
Binomial name
*Exilisciurus exilis* (S. Müller, 1838)

The least pygmy squirrel (Exilisciurus exilis), also known as the plain pygmy squirrel, is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.^[2] This plain olive-brown squirrel is endemic to forests, mostly below an altitude of 750 m (2,500 ft) but locally significantly higher, on the Southeast Asian islands of Borneo, Sumatra and Banggi.^[3]^[4] Together with the African pygmy squirrel, the least pygmy squirrel is the smallest squirrel in the world, having a total length of 10–14 cm (3.9–5.5 in) and a weight of 12–26 g (0.42–0.92 oz).^[3]

References

^ Duckworth, J. W.; Meijaard, E. & Gumal, M. (2008). "Exilisciurus exilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2009.{{cite iucn}}: old-form url (help)
^ Thorington, R. W. Jr. and R. S. Hoffman. 2005. Family Sciuridae. pp. 754–818 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
^ ^a ^b Payne, J.; C.F. Francis (1998). A Field Guide to the Mammals of Borneo (3 ed.). The Sabah Society. p. 243. ISBN 967-99947-1-6.
^ Meijaard, E.; G.M. Fredriksson; P. Kamminga; L. Frantz (13 April 2018). "Rediscovery of a squirrel species overlooked in 177 years". Archived from the original on 13 April 2018.

v t e Extant species of family Sciuridae (subfamily Callosciurinae)
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Suborder: Sciuromorpha
Callosciurus	Ear-spot squirrel (Callosciurus adamsi) Kloss's squirrel (Callosciurus albescens) Kinabalu squirrel (Callosciurus baluensis) Grey-bellied squirrel (Callosciurus caniceps) Pallas's squirrel (Callosciurus erythraeus) Finlayson's squirrel (Callosciurus finlaysonii) Hon Khoai squirrel (Callosciurus honkhoaiensis) Inornate squirrel (Callosciurus inornatus) Mentawai squirrel (Callosciurus melanogaster) Black-striped squirrel (Callosciurus nigrovittatus) Plantain squirrel (Callosciurus notatus) Borneo black-banded squirrel (Callosciurus orestes) Phayre's squirrel (Callosciurus phayrei) Prevost's squirrel (Callosciurus prevostii) Irrawaddy squirrel (Callosciurus pygerythrus) Anderson's squirrel (Callosciurus quinquestriatus)
Dremomys (Red-cheeked squirrels)	Bornean mountain ground squirrel (Dremomys everetti) Red-throated squirrel (Dremomys gularis) Orange-bellied Himalayan squirrel (Dremomys lokriah) Perny's long-nosed squirrel (Dremomys pernyi) Red-hipped squirrel (Dremomys pyrrhomerus) Asian red-cheeked squirrel (Dremomys rufigenis)
Exilisciurus	Philippine pygmy squirrel (Exilisciurus concinnus) Least pygmy squirrel (Exilisciurus exilis) Tufted pygmy squirrel (Exilisciurus whiteheadi)
Funambulus	Subgenus Funambulus: Layard's palm squirrel (Funambulus layardi) Dusky palm squirrel (Funambulus obscurus) Indian palm squirrel (Funambulus palmarum) Nilgiri palm squirrel (Funambulus sublineatus) Jungle palm squirrel (Funambulus tristriatus) Subgenus Prasadsciurus: Northern palm squirrel (Funambulus pennantii)
Glyphotes	Sculptor squirrel (Glyphotes simus)
Hyosciurus	Montane long-nosed squirrel (Hyosciurus heinrichi) Lowland long-nosed squirrel (Hyosciurus ileile)
Lariscus (striped ground squirrels)	Four-striped ground squirrel (Lariscus hosei) Three-striped ground squirrel (Lariscus insignis) Niobe ground squirrel (Lariscus niobe) Mentawai three-striped squirrel (Lariscus obscurus)
Menetes	Berdmore's ground squirrel (Menetes berdmorei)
Nannosciurus	Black-eared squirrel (Nannosciurus melanotis)
Prosciurillus	Secretive dwarf squirrel (Prosciurillus abstrusus) Alston's Sulawesi dwarf squirrel (Prosciurillus alstoni) Whitish dwarf squirrel (Prosciurillus leucomus) Celebes dwarf squirrel (Prosciurillus murinus) Sanghir squirrel (Prosciurillus rosenbergii) Roux's Sulawesi dwarf squirrel (Prosciurillus topapuensis) Weber's dwarf squirrel (Prosciurillus weberi)
Rhinosciurus	Shrew-faced squirrel (Rhinosciurus laticaudatus)
Rubrisciurus	Red-bellied squirrel (Rubrisciurus rubriventer)
Sundasciurus	Subgenus Aletesciurus: Davao squirrel (Sundasciurus davensis) Bornean mountain ground squirrel (Sundasciurus everetti) Horse-tailed squirrel (Sundasciurus hippurus) Northern Palawan tree squirrel (Sundasciurus juvencus) Mindanao squirrel (Sundasciurus mindanensis) Culion tree squirrel (Sundasciurus moellendorffi) Philippine tree squirrel (Sundasciurus philippinensis) Palawan montane squirrel (Sundasciurus rabori) Samar squirrel (Sundasciurus samarensis) Southern Palawan tree squirrel (Sundasciurus steerii) Subgenus Sundasciurus: Brooke's squirrel (Sundasciurus brookei) Fraternal squirrel (Sundasciurus fraterculus) Jentink's squirrel (Sundasciurus jentinki) Low's squirrel (Sundasciurus lowii) Natuna squirrel (Sundasciurus natunensis) Robinson's squirrel (Sundasciurus robinsoni) Upland squirrel (Sundasciurus tahan) Slender squirrel (Sundasciurus tenuis) Subgenus incertae sedis: Sumatran mountain squirrel (Sundasciurus altitudinis)
Tamiops (Asiatic striped squirrels)	Himalayan striped squirrel (Tamiops mcclellandii) Maritime striped squirrel (Tamiops maritimus) Cambodian striped squirrel (Tamiops rodolphii) Swinhoe's striped squirrel (Tamiops swinhoei)
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Taxon identifiers
Exilisciurus exilis	Wikidata: Q308780 Wikispecies: Exilisciurus exilis ADW: Exilisciurus_exilis ARKive: exilisciurus-exilis BioLib: 34963 BOLD: 73561 CoL: 6HKXT EoL: 313057 GBIF: 2437386 iNaturalist: 46183 IRMNG: 11175195 ITIS: 632349 IUCN: 8437 MDD: 1001556 MSW: 12400564 NCBI: 226549 Observation.org: 83448 Open Tree of Life: 724374

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