Sciurillus pusillus (Desmarest, 1817) . Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., Nouv. ed., 10:109.

TYPE LOCALITY: French Guiana, Cayenne .

DISTRIBUTION: Brazil, French Guiana, Peru, Suriname.

SYNONYMS: glaucinus Thomas, 1914; hoehnei Miranda Ribeiro, 1941; kuhlii (Gray, 1867).

COMMENTS: Husson (1978) dated the name from Geoffroy's (1803) catalog, a work considered unpublished (see Appendix I) by other authors, and designated a lectotype.