Biology:Secretive dwarf squirrel

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Short description: Species of rodent

Secretive dwarf squirrel
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Prosciurillus
Species:
P. abstrusus
Binomial name
Prosciurillus abstrusus
Moore, 1958[2]

The secretive dwarf squirrel (Prosciurillus abstrusus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to Sulawesi, Indonesia, where it is found on the Mengkoka Mountains in southeastern Sulawesi. Its natural habitat is montane forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

References

  1. Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 Chiozza, F. (2016). "Prosciurillus abstrusus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T18362A22256526. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T18362A22256526.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18362/22256526. Retrieved 16 November 2021. 
  2. Moore, Joseph Curtis (1958). "New genera of East Indian squirrels". American Museum Novitates 1914: 1–5. 
  • 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.


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