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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER SCIUROMORPHA
--> FAMILY Sciuridae
--> SUBFAMILY Sciurinae
--> TRIBE Sciurini
--> GENUS Sciurus
--> SUBGENUS Hadrosciurus
SPECIES Sciurus (Hadrosciurus) pyrrhinus
| Author: | Thomas, 1898. | | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 2: 265. | | Common Name: | Junín Red Squirrel | | Type Locality: | Peru, Junin Dept., Vitoc, Garita del Sol. | | Distribution: | E slopes of the Andes of Peru. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Subgenus Hadrosciurus; see Cabrera (1961:378). J. A. Allen (1915b) placed pyrrhinus in the genus Mesosciurus. |
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