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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderRodentia
  5. ›familySciuridae
  6. ›genusMyosciurus
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IUCN LC · Least concern

African Pygmy Squirrel

Myosciurus pumilio (Le Conte, 1857)

Also calledAfrikaanse Dwergeekhoorn (nld) · Afrikadvergekorn (nob) · Afrikanisches Zwerghörnchen (deu) · Dvergekorn (nob) · afrikankääpiöorava (fin) · myszowiórka karłowata (pol) · veveřička malá (ces) · Écureuil pygmée (fra) · Мышиная белка (rus) · アフリカコビトリス (jpn)

First described in: Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia vol.9 p.11

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

discussion

Discussion: Reviewed by Gharaibeh and Jones (1996, Mammalian Species No. 523).

Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae

distribution

Distribution: SE Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Bioko (Equatorial Guinea).

Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae

materials_examined

Type Locality: Gabon. " ... the head waters of the Ovenga River ... ".

Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae

distribution

DISTRIBUTION: SE Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Bioko (Equatorial Guinea).

Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2437288.