Alston's Sulawesi dwarf squirrel
| Alston's Sulawesi dwarf squirrel | |
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| 1878 illustration by John Gerrard Keulemans | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Genus: | Prosciurillus |
| Species: | P. alstoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Prosciurillus alstoni (J. Anderson, 1879)[2]
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Alston's Sulawesi dwarf squirrel (Prosciurillus alstoni) or Alston's squirrel is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to the island of Sulawesi and is thought to be restricted to the lowland forests found on the eastern side of the island. It is threatened by habitat destruction, as tree cover in forests where it is found has been removed throughout the 2000s and 2010s in mining and logging operations.[1]
References
- ^ a b Gazzard, A. (2024). "Prosciurillus alstoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2024: e.T112300360A233249408. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-2.RLTS.T112300360A233249408.en. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
- ^ Anderson, John (1879). Anatomical and Zoological Researches: Comprising an Account of the Zoological Results of the Two Expeditions to Western Yunnan in 1868 and 1875; and a Monograph of the Two Cetacean Genera, Platanista and Orcaella. London: Bernard Quaritch. p. 252.