Microsciurus Allen 1895 (dwarf squirrel)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Parent taxon: Sciurini according to J. M. Mercer and V. L. Roth 2003

Sister taxa: Plesiosciurus, Rheithrosciurus, Sciurus, Syntheosciurus

Subtaxa: Microsciurus manarius

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Ecology: scansorial granivore-frugivore

Distribution: found only at Barro Colorado Island (Quaternary of Panama)

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