Celebes dwarf squirrel

Celebes dwarf squirrel

at Tangkoko Nature Reserve, North Sulawesi
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Sciuridae
Genus:	Prosciurillus
Species:	P. murinus
Binomial name
*Prosciurillus murinus* (S. Müller & Schlegel, 1844)
Subspecies^[2]
P. m. murinus P. m. griseus P. m. necopinus

The Celebes dwarf squirrel (Prosciurillus murinus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to northeast and central Sulawesi, Indonesia, and is also found on nearby islands including Sangir Island.

References

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^ Musser, G.; Kennerley, R. (2019). "Prosciurillus murinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T18364A22256442. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T18364A22256442.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
^ Thorington, R.W. Jr.; Hoffmann, R.S. (2005). "Family Sciuridae". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference (3rd ed.). The Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 754–818. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4. OCLC 26158608.

v t e Extant species of family Sciuridae (subfamily Callosciurinae)
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Suborder: Sciuromorpha
Callosciurus	Ear-spot squirrel (Callosciurus adamsi) Kloss's squirrel (Callosciurus albescens) Kinabalu squirrel (Callosciurus baluensis) Grey-bellied squirrel (Callosciurus caniceps) Pallas's squirrel (Callosciurus erythraeus) Finlayson's squirrel (Callosciurus finlaysonii) Hon Khoai squirrel (Callosciurus honkhoaiensis) Inornate squirrel (Callosciurus inornatus) Mentawai squirrel (Callosciurus melanogaster) Black-striped squirrel (Callosciurus nigrovittatus) Plantain squirrel (Callosciurus notatus) Borneo black-banded squirrel (Callosciurus orestes) Phayre's squirrel (Callosciurus phayrei) Prevost's squirrel (Callosciurus prevostii) Irrawaddy squirrel (Callosciurus pygerythrus) Anderson's squirrel (Callosciurus quinquestriatus)
Dremomys (Red-cheeked squirrels)	Bornean mountain ground squirrel (Dremomys everetti) Red-throated squirrel (Dremomys gularis) Orange-bellied Himalayan squirrel (Dremomys lokriah) Perny's long-nosed squirrel (Dremomys pernyi) Red-hipped squirrel (Dremomys pyrrhomerus) Asian red-cheeked squirrel (Dremomys rufigenis)
Exilisciurus	Philippine pygmy squirrel (Exilisciurus concinnus) Least pygmy squirrel (Exilisciurus exilis) Tufted pygmy squirrel (Exilisciurus whiteheadi)
Funambulus	Subgenus Funambulus: Layard's palm squirrel (Funambulus layardi) Dusky palm squirrel (Funambulus obscurus) Indian palm squirrel (Funambulus palmarum) Nilgiri palm squirrel (Funambulus sublineatus) Jungle palm squirrel (Funambulus tristriatus) Subgenus Prasadsciurus: Northern palm squirrel (Funambulus pennantii)
Glyphotes	Sculptor squirrel (Glyphotes simus)
Hyosciurus	Montane long-nosed squirrel (Hyosciurus heinrichi) Lowland long-nosed squirrel (Hyosciurus ileile)
Lariscus (striped ground squirrels)	Four-striped ground squirrel (Lariscus hosei) Three-striped ground squirrel (Lariscus insignis) Niobe ground squirrel (Lariscus niobe) Mentawai three-striped squirrel (Lariscus obscurus)
Menetes	Berdmore's ground squirrel (Menetes berdmorei)
Nannosciurus	Black-eared squirrel (Nannosciurus melanotis)
Prosciurillus	Secretive dwarf squirrel (Prosciurillus abstrusus) Alston's Sulawesi dwarf squirrel (Prosciurillus alstoni) Whitish dwarf squirrel (Prosciurillus leucomus) Celebes dwarf squirrel (Prosciurillus murinus) Sanghir squirrel (Prosciurillus rosenbergii) Roux's Sulawesi dwarf squirrel (Prosciurillus topapuensis) Weber's dwarf squirrel (Prosciurillus weberi)
Rhinosciurus	Shrew-faced squirrel (Rhinosciurus laticaudatus)
Rubrisciurus	Red-bellied squirrel (Rubrisciurus rubriventer)
Sundasciurus	Subgenus Aletesciurus: Davao squirrel (Sundasciurus davensis) Bornean mountain ground squirrel (Sundasciurus everetti) Horse-tailed squirrel (Sundasciurus hippurus) Northern Palawan tree squirrel (Sundasciurus juvencus) Mindanao squirrel (Sundasciurus mindanensis) Culion tree squirrel (Sundasciurus moellendorffi) Philippine tree squirrel (Sundasciurus philippinensis) Palawan montane squirrel (Sundasciurus rabori) Samar squirrel (Sundasciurus samarensis) Southern Palawan tree squirrel (Sundasciurus steerii) Subgenus Sundasciurus: Brooke's squirrel (Sundasciurus brookei) Fraternal squirrel (Sundasciurus fraterculus) Jentink's squirrel (Sundasciurus jentinki) Low's squirrel (Sundasciurus lowii) Natuna squirrel (Sundasciurus natunensis) Robinson's squirrel (Sundasciurus robinsoni) Upland squirrel (Sundasciurus tahan) Slender squirrel (Sundasciurus tenuis) Subgenus incertae sedis: Sumatran mountain squirrel (Sundasciurus altitudinis)
Tamiops (Asiatic striped squirrels)	Himalayan striped squirrel (Tamiops mcclellandii) Maritime striped squirrel (Tamiops maritimus) Cambodian striped squirrel (Tamiops rodolphii) Swinhoe's striped squirrel (Tamiops swinhoei)
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Taxon identifiers
Prosciurillus murinus	Wikidata: Q1764648 Wikispecies: Prosciurillus murinus CoL: 6W9L7 EoL: 321418 GBIF: 2437463 iNaturalist: 45968 IRMNG: 10229272 ITIS: 632406 IUCN: 18364 MDD: 1001570 MSW: 12400627 NCBI: 226567 Observation.org: 86876 Xeno-canto: Prosciurillus-murinus
Sciurus murinus	Wikidata: Q109647476 CoL: 4VNDK GBIF: 7898522 ITIS: 930350

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