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Least Pygmy Squirrel
Exilisciurus exilis
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Sciuridae
- Genus
- Exilisciurus
- IUCN status
- DD
- Distribution
- Indonesia|Malaysia|Brunei
- Realm
- Indomalaya
About this species
- Size
- Total length 10–14cm
- Weight
- 12–26g
- Habitat
- Forest, mostly below 750m but locally much higher
- Range
- Borneo, Sumatra and Banggi
The least pygmy squirrel, also called the plain pygmy squirrel, is a plain olive-brown squirrel endemic to forests, mostly below 750 m but locally much higher, on the Southeast Asian islands of Borneo, Sumatra and Banggi. Together with the African pygmy squirrel it is the smallest squirrel in the world, with a total length of 10–14 cm and a weight of 12–26 g (Wikipedia, general species account).
Description: Wildlife of Malaysia guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)