Central American Dwarf Squirrel

Central American Dwarf Squirrel
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Sciuridae
Genus:	Microsciurus
Species:	M. alfari
Binomial name
Microsciurus alfari (J. A. Allen, 1895)
Subspecies[2]
M. a. alfari M. a. alticola M. a. browni M. a. fusculus M. a. septentrionalis M. a. venustulus
Central American Dwarf Squirrel range

The Central American dwarf squirrel (Microsciurus alfari) is a small tree squirrel in the genus Microsciurus and tribe Sciurini found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama.

The table below lists the six recognized subspecies of Microsciurus alfari, along with any synonyms associated with each subspecies:^[2]

Microsciurus alfari taxonomy

Subspecies	Authority	Synonyms
M. a. alfari	J. A. Allen (1895)	none
M. a. alticola	Goodwin (1943)	none
M. a. browni	Bangs (1902)	none
M. a. fusculus	Thomas (1910)	none
M. a. septentrionalis	Anthony (1920)	none
M. a. venustulus	Goldman (1912)	none

References

1. ^ Koprowski, J., Roth, L., Emmons, L., Timm, R., McCarthy, T. & Samudio, R. (2008). Microsciurus alfari. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 January 2009.
2. ^ ^{a b} Thorington, Richard W., Jr.; Hoffman, Robert S. (16 November 2005). "Family Sciuridae (pp. 754-818)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). p. 757. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=12400043.