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SPECIES Sciurus (Urosciurus) spadiceus

Author:Olfers, 1818.
Citation:In Eschwege, J. Brasilien Neue Bibliothek. Reisenb., 15(2): 208.
Common Name:Southern Amazon Red Squirrel
Type Locality:Brazil, restricted by Hershkovitz (1959a) to Cuyabá, Matto Grosso.
Distribution:Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
Status:IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Comments:Subgenus Urosciurus; for subspecies see Patton (1984).
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SUBSPECIES spadiceus

SUBSPECIES steinbachi

SUBSPECIES tricolor

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