Authority citation: Le Conte, J.E. 1857-02-25. Descriptions of several new mammals from western Africa. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 9(1):10-11.
Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6330275
Original name as described: Sciurus pumilio
Nominal names: pumilio (Le Conte, 1857) | minutus (Du Chaillu, 1861) [preoccupied] | minutulus Hollister, 1921 [nomen novum]
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Rodentia -- Family: Sciuridae -- Subfamily: Xerinae -- Tribe: Protoxerini
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: ANSP 868
Type locality: "the head waters of the Ovenga River," Gabon.
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Cameroon (CMR) | Equatorial Guinea (GNQ) | Gabon (GAB) | Republic of the Congo (COG)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is listed in MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Least concern
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