Secretive dwarf squirrel

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| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Chiozza, F. |date=2016 |title=Prosciurillus abstrusus |volume=2016 |page=e.T18362A22256526 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T18362A22256526.en |access-date=16 November 2021}}

| genus = Prosciurillus

| species = abstrusus

| authority = Moore, 1958{{cite journal |last1=Moore |first1=Joseph Curtis |title=New genera of East Indian squirrels |journal=American Museum Novitates |date=1958 |issue=1914 |pages=1–5 |hdl=2246/4882 }}

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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.

References

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  • 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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Category:Prosciurillus

Category:Rodents of Sulawesi

Category:Endemic fauna of Indonesia

Category:Mammals described in 1958

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

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