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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.
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 ]
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 poensis LC; Genus: Protoxerus. Forest giant squirrel ...
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 ...
The African bush squirrels are a genus of squirrels, Paraxerus, in the subfamily Xerinae. [1] They are only found in Africa. The 11 species in this genus are: Alexander's bush squirrel (P. alexandri) Boehm's bush squirrel (P. boehmi) Smith's bush squirrel (P. cepapi) Cooper's mountain squirrel (P. cooperi) Striped bush squirrel (P. flavovittis)
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
African giant squirrels (genus Protoxerus) form a taxon of squirrels under the subfamily Xerinae. They are only found in Africa. The two subgenera of African giant squirrels each has a single species: [1] Subgenus Protoxerus - forest giant squirrel or Stanger's squirrel, P. stangeri; Subgenus Allosciurus - slender-tailed squirrel, P. aubinnii
African pygmy squirrel; P. Protoxerini This page was last edited on 17 August 2021, at 05:41 (UTC). Text ... Contact Wikipedia; Code of Conduct; Developers; Statistics;