Prosciurillus Ellerman 1947

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 754-818 : 784

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scientific name	Prosciurillus Ellerman 1947
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Prosciurillus Ellerman 1947 , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 117: 259.

Type Species: Sciurus murinus Müller and Schlegel 1844

Species and subspecies: 5 species with 7 subspecies:

Species Prosciurillus abstrusus Moore 1958

Species Prosciurillus leucomus (Müller and Schlegel 1844)

Subspecies Prosciurillus leucomus subsp. leucomus Müller and Schlegel 1844

Subspecies Prosciurillus leucomus subsp. hirsutus Hayman 1946

Subspecies Prosciurillus leucomus subsp. occidentalis Meyer 1898

Subspecies Prosciurillus leucomus subsp. tonkeanus Meyer 1896

Species Prosciurillus murinus (Müller and Schlegel 1844)

Subspecies Prosciurillus murinus subsp. murinus Müller and Schlegel 1844

Subspecies Prosciurillus murinus subsp. griseus Sody 1949

Subspecies Prosciurillus murinus subsp. necopinus Miller and Hollister 1921

Species Prosciurillus rosenbergii (Jentink 1879)

Species Prosciurillus weberi (Jentink 1890)

Discussion: Tribe Callosciurini according to Moore (1959); closely related to Sundasciurus (see Heaney, 1985). Reviewed by Moore (1958), who transferred leucomus from Callosciurus to this genus.