Northern Amazon red squirrel

Northern Amazon red squirrel

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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 squirrel species from South America. It occurs in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela.

References

^ Amori, G.; Koprowski, J. & Roth, L. (2017) . "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.
^ 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.

v t e Extant species of family Sciuridae (subfamily Sciurinae, Sciurini tribe)
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Suborder: Sciuromorpha
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Rheithrosciurus	Tufted ground squirrel (Rheithrosciurus macrotis)
Sciurus	Subgenus Guerlinguetus Brazilian squirrel (Sciurus aestuans) South Yungas red squirrel (Sciurus argentinius) Yellow-throated squirrel (Sciurus gilvigularis) Red-tailed squirrel (Sciurus granatensis) Bolivian squirrel (Sciurus ignitus) Atlantic Forest squirrel (Sciurus ingrami) Andean squirrel (Sciurus pucheranii) Richmond's squirrel (Sciurus richmondi) Sanborn's squirrel (Sciurus sanborni) Guayaquil squirrel (Sciurus stramineus) Subgenus Hadrosciurus Fiery squirrel (Sciurus flammifer) Junín red squirrel (Sciurus pyrrhinus) Subgenus Hesperosciurus Western gray squirrel (Sciurus griseus) Subgenus Otosciurus Abert's squirrel (Sciurus aberti) Subgenus Sciurus Allen's squirrel (Sciurus alleni) Arizona gray squirrel (Sciurus arizonensis) Mexican gray squirrel (Sciurus aureogaster) Eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) Collie's squirrel (Sciurus colliaei) Deppe's squirrel (Sciurus deppei) Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis) Calabrian black squirrel (Sciurus meridionalis) Mexican fox squirrel (Sciurus nayaritensis) Fox squirrel (Sciurus niger) Peters's squirrel (Sciurus oculatus) Variegated squirrel (Sciurus variegatoides) Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) Yucatan squirrel (Sciurus yucatanensis) Subgenus Tenes Caucasian squirrel (Sciurus anomalus) Subgenus Urosciurus Northern Amazon red squirrel (Sciurus igniventris) Southern Amazon red squirrel (Sciurus spadiceus)
Syntheosciurus	Bangs's mountain squirrel (Syntheosciurus brochus)
Tamiasciurus (Pine squirrels)	Douglas squirrel (Tamiasciurus douglasii) Southwestern red squirrel (Tamiasciurus fremonti) American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)
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Taxon identifiers
Sciurus igniventris	Wikidata: Q577533 Wikispecies: Sciurus igniventris EoL: 312999 GBIF: 5219682 iNaturalist: 45999 IRMNG: 11038326 ITIS: 632429 IUCN: 20013 MDD: 1001688 MSW: 12400168 Observation.org: 87481 Open Tree of Life: 3609013

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