Exilisciurus

{{Short description|Genus of rodents}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Plain pygmy-squirrel (Exilisciurus exilis), Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia.jpg

| image_caption = Exilisciurus exilis in Sabah, Malaysia

| taxon = Exilisciurus

| authority = Moore, 1958

| type_species = Sciurus exilis

| type_species_authority = S. Müller, 1838

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

E. concinnus (Thomas, 1888)

E. exilis (Müller, 1838)

E. whiteheadi (Thomas, 1887)

}}

Exilisciurus is a genus of rodent in the family Sciuridae from forests in Southeast Asia.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. These tiny squirrels are mostly olive-brown to grey-brown, although E. whiteheadi has conspicuous ear-tufts. They are active, and feed on both plant-material and insects.{{cite book| author1=Payne, J. | author2=C.F. Francis | year=1998 | title=A Field Guide to the Mammals of Borneo | page=243 | publisher=The Sabah Society | edition=3 | isbn=967-99947-1-6 }}

There are three species of Exilisciurus:

• Philippine pygmy squirrel, Exilisciurus concinnus
• Least (or plain) pygmy squirrel, Exilisciurus exilis
• Tufted pygmy squirrel, Exilisciurus whiteheadi