Educational resources on African Pygmy Squirrel

African Pygmy Squirrel or Myosciurus pumilio is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Vulnerable due to A2c. IUCN Profile of the African Pygmy Squirrel

Academic web links for the African Pygmy Squirrel.

ADW: Myosciurus: Classification
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animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Myosciurus.html

ADW: Myosciurus pumilio: Information
..."African Pygmy Squirrel (Myosciurus pumilio)" (On-line). Edge Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered. Accessed April 06, 2009 at http
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Myosciurus_pumilio.html

ADW: Sciuridae: Information
Squirrels range in size from the mouse-sized African pygmy squirrel ( Myosciurus pumilio) to the robust marmots and woodchucks (genus Marmota).
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Sciuridae.html

ADW: Sciuridae: Classification
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animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Sciuridae.html

ADW: Xerinae: Classification
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animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Xerinae.html

Jaw muscles of Old World squirrels
The arrangement of the masseter in the African pygmy squirrel, Myosciurus, is very similar to that of the South American pygmy squirrel, Sciurillus.
entomology.si.edu/StaffPages/Darrow/JawMusclesSquirrels.pdf

Mammalian Species Accounts
West African Pygmy Squirrel (Myosciurus pumilio) Arctic Shrew (Sorex arcticus) Plains Pocket Mouse (Perognathus flavescens)
www.science.smith.edu/departments/Biology/VHAYSSEN/msi/msiaccounts.html

Mammal Species of the World - Browse: pumilio
African Pygmy Squirrel: Type Locality: Gabon. "...the head waters of the Ovenga River...". Distribution: SE Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Bioko (Equatorial Guinea).
www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=12400824

Dr. Burhan Gharaibeh- Curriculum Vitae
Myosciurus pumilio, the West African pygmy squirrel. Mammalian Species, 523: 1-3. 23. Gharaibeh, BM and M Qumsiyeh. 1995. Otonycteris hemprichii, Hemprich's long-eared bat.
www.pitt.edu/~burhan/curriculum_vitae.html

Virginia Hayssen
Myosciurus pumilio, 523, West African Pygmy Squirrel Sciurus aberti, 80, Abert's Squirrel
www.science.smith.edu/departments/Biology/VHAYSSEN/msi/msigenus.html