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Taxon: Genus Microsciurus Allen, 1895 - American pygmy squirrels (mammal)

Entity:

Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Rodentia - (Family) Sciuridae

Subsequent positions

Sciurina (Subtribe) Batsch, 1788

Current position

Sciurina (Subtribe) Batsch, 1788

Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 123.

Alternative positions

*Sciurinae* (Subfamily) Batsch, 1788	Ref: R.S. Hoffmann et al., 1993: 433.
*Sciurini* (Tribe) Batsch, 1788	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 582.

Historical positions

*Sciurina* (Subtribe) Batsch, 1788	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 123.
*Sciurinae* (Subfamily) Batsch, 1788	Ref: R.S. Hoffmann et al., 1993: 433.
*Sciurinae* (Subfamily) Batsch, 1788	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 138.
*Sciurini* (Tribe) Batsch, 1788	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 582.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	4s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[4s]
1993	R.S. Hoffmann et al.	[4s]
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[4s]

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