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Monotypic taxon: Genus Myosciurus Thomas, 1909 - African pygmy squirrel (mammal)

Entity:

Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Myosciurina (Subtribe) Moore, 1959

Current position

Myosciurina (Subtribe) Moore, 1959

Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 127.

Alternative positions

*Funambulini* (Tribe) Pocock, 1923	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 583.
*Sciurinae* (Subfamily) Batsch, 1788	Ref: R.S. Hoffmann et al., 1993: 434.

Historical positions

*Myosciurina* (Subtribe) Moore, 1959	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 127.
*Sciurinae* (Subfamily) Batsch, 1788	Ref: R.S. Hoffmann et al., 1993: 434.
*Sciurinae* (Subfamily) Batsch, 1788	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 140.
*Funambulini* (Tribe) Pocock, 1923	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 583.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[1s]
1993	R.S. Hoffmann et al.	[1s]
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[1s]

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