Northern Amazon red squirrel

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Northern Amazon red squirrel
Black and brown squirrel
Sumaco Napo-Galeras National Park, Ecuador
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

The northern Amazon red squirrel (Sciurus igniventris) is a species of squirrel from South America. It occurs in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. It is widespread across its distribution and inhabits lowland forests, preferring a diet of nuts with especially thick shells. It is considered a least-concern species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, though it is hunted for food in Ecuador and Peru and may be subject to habitat fragmentation from human logging activities.[1]

The firey squirrel (Scurius flammifer) is thought to be a junior synonym of the Northern Amazon red squirrel,[3][4] though further investigation has been recommended to solidify these species' synonymy.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b 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.
  3. ^ De Vivo, M.; Carmignotto, A. P., A. P. (2015). "Family Sciuridae G. Fischer, 1817". Mammals of South America. Vol. 2. pp. 1–48.
  4. ^ de Abreu-Jr, Edson Fiedler; Pavan, Silvia E.; Tsuchiya, Mirian T. N.; Wilson, Don E.; Percequillo, Alexandre R.; Maldonado, Jesús E. (2020-06-26). "Museomics of tree squirrels: a dense taxon sampling of mitogenomes reveals hidden diversity, phenotypic convergence, and the need of a taxonomic overhaul". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 20 (1): 77. doi:10.1186/s12862-020-01639-y. ISSN 1471-2148. PMC 7320592.
  5. ^ "Scurius igniventris (id=1001688)". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
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