''Prosciurillus'' is a

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rodent Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the Order (biology), order Rodentia ( ), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and Mandible, lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal specie ...

s in the family

Sciuridae Squirrels are members of the family Sciuridae (), a family that includes small or medium-sized rodents. The squirrel family includes tree squirrels, ground squirrels (including chipmunks and prairie dogs, among others), and flying squirrel ...

, endemic to

Sulawesi Sulawesi ( ), also known as Celebes ( ), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the List of islands by area, world's 11th-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Min ...

and nearby small islands,

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. It contains the following species: *

Secretive dwarf squirrel The secretive dwarf squirrel (''Prosciurillus abstrusus'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to Sulawesi, Indonesia, where it is found on the Mengkoka Mountains in southeastern Sulawesi. Its natural habitat is montane ...

(''Prosciurillus abstrusus'') * Alston's Sulawesi dwarf squirrel (''Prosciurillus alstoni'') *

Whitish dwarf squirrel The whitish dwarf squirrel (''Prosciurillus leucomus'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to Indonesia, where it is found on Sulawesi, Buton Island Buton (also Butung, Boeton or Button) is an island in Indonesia l ...

(''Prosciurillus leucomus'') *

Celebes dwarf squirrel The Celebes dwarf squirrel (''Prosciurillus murinus'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to northeast and central Sulawesi, Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast A ...

(''Prosciurillus murinus'') *

Sanghir squirrel The Sanghir squirrel (''Prosciurillus rosenbergii'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to the volcanic Sangir Islands (where they are the only squirrel) in Indonesia, located just north of the equator in the Celebes ...

(''Prosciurillus rosenbergii'') * Roux's Sulawesi dwarf squirrel (''Prosciurillus topapuensis'') *

Weber's dwarf squirrel Weber's dwarf squirrel (''Prosciurillus weberi'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to northern and western Sulawesi, Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forest A forest is an ecosyste ...

(''Prosciurillus weberi'')

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