Northern Amazon red squirrel

The northern Amazon red squirrel (Sciurus igniventris) is a squirrel species from South America. It occurs in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela.

Northern Amazon red squirrel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Sciurus
Species:
S. igniventris
Binomial name
Sciurus igniventris
Wagner, 1842
Subspecies[2]
  • S. i. igniventris
  • S. i. cocalis

References
  1. Amori, G.; Koprowski, J. & Roth, L. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Sciurus igniventris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T20013A115154863. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T20013A22246972.en. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  2. Thorington, R.W. Jr.; Hoffmann, R.S. (2005). "Family Sciuridae". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference (3rd ed.). The Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 754–818. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4. OCLC 26158608.


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