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The Andean squirrel (Sciurus pucheranii) is a tree squirrel endemic to Colombia where it inhabits montane rain forest and cloud forests of the Cordillera Occidental and Cordillera Central ranges of the Colombian Andes, at elevations between 2,000 and 3,300 metres (6,600 and 10,800 ft). It is a small species with a body length of about 14 cm (6 ...
The fauna of the Andes, a mountain range in South America, is large and diverse. As well as a huge variety of flora, the Andes contain many different animal species. With almost 1,000 species, of which roughly 2/3 are endemic to the region, the Andes are the most important region in the world for amphibians. [2]
Atlantoxerus getulus - Barbary ground squirrel; Genus Spermophilopsis. Spermophilopsis leptodactylus - long-clawed ground squirrel; Genus Euxerus. Euxerus erythropus - striped ground squirrel; Genus Geosciurus. Geosciurus inauris - Cape ground squirrel or South African ground squirrel; Geosciurus princeps - Damara ground squirrel; Genus Xerus
Additionally, the paper suggests moving Andean squirrel back to subtribe Microsciurina, the dwarf squirrels, and assigns it to the newly described genus Leptosciurus. The paper's findings agree with prior assessments to synonymize Richmond's squirrel into Red-tailed squirrel and reassigns the Red-tailed squirrel into the previously monotypic ...
This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Colombia.Of the mammals in Colombia, four are critically endangered, eight are endangered, twenty-seven are vulnerable, and six are near threatened.
They differ from rodents in a number of physical characteristics, such as having four incisors in the upper jaw rather than two. South America's meager lagomorph diversity (6 species compared to 18 for North America north of Mexico ) reflects their recent arrival and failure (so far) to diversify much.
Andean caenolestid; Andean gerbil mouse; Andean hairy armadillo; Andean mountain cat; Andean mountain cavy; Andean porcupine; Andean squirrel; Andean white-eared opossum; Asháninka arboreal chinchilla rat; Ashy chinchilla rat
Squirrels are generally small animals, ranging in size from the African pygmy squirrel and least pygmy squirrel at 10–14 cm (3.9–5.5 in) in total length and just 12–26 g (0.42–0.92 oz) in weight, [8] [9] to the Bhutan giant flying squirrel at up to 1.27 m (4 ft 2 in) in total length, [10] and several marmot species, which can weigh 8 kg ...