Bolivian squirrel
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| Bolivian squirrel | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Genus: | Sciurus |
| Subgenus: | Guerlinguetus |
| Species: | S. ignitus |
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| Sciurus ignitus (Gray, 1867) |
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The Bolivian squirrel (or Guianan squirrel) (Sciurus ignitus) is a tree squirrel in the family Sciuridae endemic to South America. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Peru at elevations up to 2,600 metres (8,500 ft) in the Andes region.
References [edit]
- ^ Amori, G., Koprowski, J. & Roth, L. (2008). Sciurus ignitus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
- ^ Thorington, R.W., Jr.; Hoffmann, R.S. (2005). "FaSciurus (Guerlinguetus) ignitus". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. 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.
- John F. Eisenberg and Kent H. Redford, 2000. Mammals of Neotropics: Ecuador, Bolivia and Brazil.
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