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Together with the least pygmy squirrel of Asia, the African pygmy squirrel is the world's smallest squirrel measuring about 12–14 cm (4.7–5.5 in) in total length and just 15–18 g (0.53–0.63 oz) in weight, which is less than a typical house mouse. [2]
The African Pygmies (or Congo Pygmies, variously also Central African foragers, "African rainforest hunter-gatherers" (RHG) or "Forest People of Central Africa") [a] are a group of ethnicities native to Central Africa, mostly the Congo Basin, traditionally subsisting on a forager and hunter-gatherer lifestyle. They are divided into three ...
The Protoxerini comprise a tribe of squirrels found in Africa. The 30 species in six genera are: [1] Epixerus - Ebian's palm squirrel; Funisciurus (nine species) - African striped squirrels; Heliosciurus (six species) - sun squirrels; Myosciurus (monotypic) - African pygmy squirrel; Paraxerus (11 species) - African bush squirrels
It is native to southern and eastern Africa and is also known as the African dormouse, African dwarf dormouse, African pygmy dormouse, or colloquially as micro squirrel. Found in limited numbers in the pet trade, it has complicated care requirements compared to other pet rodents. [ 3 ]
African giant squirrel; African grass rat; African marsh rat; African pygmy mouse; African pygmy squirrel; African smoky mouse; African wading rat; Agag gerbil; Alexander's bush squirrel; Algerian mouse; Allen's wood mouse; Angolan marsh rat; Angolan wood mouse; Arid thicket rat; Awash multimammate mouse
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 .
Red-cheeked rope squirrel, Funisciurus leucogenys DD; Fire-footed rope squirrel, Funisciurus pyrropus LC; Genus: Heliosciurus. Red-legged sun squirrel, Heliosciurus rufobrachium LC; Genus: Myosciurus. African pygmy squirrel, Myosciurus pumilio DD; Genus: Paraxerus. Cooper's mountain squirrel, Paraxerus cooperi DD; Green bush squirrel, Paraxerus ...
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