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As its name suggests, the Amazon dwarf squirrel is relatively small, with a head-body length of 12 to 16 cm (4.7 to 6.3 in) and a tail 8 to 16 cm (3.1 to 6.3 in) long. Adults weigh between 86 and 132 g (3.0 and 4.7 oz), with males being slightly larger than females. [ 2 ]
The southern Amazon red squirrel (Sciurus spadiceus), is a squirrel species from South America where it inhabits forests in much of north-western South America east of the Andes. Three subspecies are currently recognised. It is a dark red colour, or a dark brown grizzled with ochre, has whitish underparts and grows to a total length of 48 to 63 ...
The northern Amazon red squirrel (Sciurus igniventris) is a squirrel species from South America. It occurs in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. References
Sciurini (/ s ɪ ˈ j uː r ɪ n iː /) is a tribe that includes about forty species of squirrels, [2] mostly from the Americas. It includes five living genera—the American dwarf squirrels, Microsciurus; the Bornean Rheithrosciurus; the widespread American and Eurasian tree squirrels of the genus Sciurus, which includes some of the best known squirrel species; the Central American ...
Southern Amazon red squirrel, Sciurus spadiceus In 2015, 15–17 species were left in the genus Sciurus after de Vivo & Carmignotto comprehensively reviewed South American Sciuridae for the first time in many decades and proposed numerous changes; synonymising some species and many subspecies, splitting another species, and naming new species.
Amazon dwarf squirrel (Microsciurus flaviventer) Gray, 1867, western Amazon basin Western dwarf squirrel ( Microsciurus mimulus ) Thomas , 1898 , Ecuador, Colombia, Panama Santander dwarf squirrel ( Microsciurus santanderensis ) Hernández-Camacho, 1957 , central Colombia
Family: Sciuridae (squirrels) Subfamily: Sciurinae. Tribe: Sciurini. Genus: Microsciurus. Amazon dwarf squirrel, Microsciurus flaviventer LR/lc; Western dwarf squirrel, Microsciurus mimulus LR/lc; Genus: Sciurus. Red-tailed squirrel, Sciurus granatensis LR/lc; Northern Amazon red squirrel, Sciurus igniventris LR/lc; Southern Amazon red squirrel ...
Big-headed Amazon River turtle; Birds of the Amazon; Black agouti; Black caiman; Black-capped squirrel monkey; Black-tailed marmoset; Boa constrictor; Bolitoglossa caldwellae; Bothrops bilineatus smaragdinus; Brown agouti; Brown four-eyed opossum; Brown fruit-eating bat; Brown-throated sloth; Bush dog