Exilisciurus Moore, 1958 . Am. Mus. Novit., 1914:4.

TYPE SPECIES: Sciurus exilis Müller, 1838 .

COMMENTS: Tribe Callosciurini (Moore, 1959) . The species included in Exilisciurus were formerly included in Nannosciurus; see Moore (1958, 1959) and Heaney (1985).