Alston's Sulawesi dwarf squirrel

Alston's Sulawesi dwarf squirrel (Prosciurillus alstoni) or Alston's squirrel is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to the island of Sulawesi and is thought to be restricted to the lowland forests found on the eastern side of the island. It is threatened by habitat destruction, as tree cover in forests where it is found has been removed throughout the 2000s and 2010s in mining and logging operations.^[1]

Alston's Sulawesi dwarf squirrel
1878 illustration by John Gerrard Keulemans
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Sciuridae
Genus:	Prosciurillus
Species:	P. alstoni
Binomial name
Prosciurillus alstoni (J. Anderson, 1879)[2]