Southern Amazon Red Squirrel

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iSouthern Amazon Red Squirrel
Conservation status
Least concern (LR/lc)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Sciuridae Genus: Sciurus Species: S. spadiceus
Binomial name
Sciurus spadiceus Olfers, 1818

The Southern Amazon Red Squirrel, Sciurus spadiceus, is a squirrel species from South America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.

This species is fairly large in size and has a reddish brown pelage.

[edit] References

• Baillie (1996). Sciurus spadiceus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006.
• John F. Eisenberg and Kent H. Redford, 2000. Mammals of Neotropics: Ecuador, Bolivia and Brazil.