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SPECIES Sciurus (Guerlinguetus) pucheranii

Author:Fitzinger, 1867.
Citation:Sitzb. Math. Naturw. Cl., 55(Abth., 1): 487.
Common Name:Andean Squirrel
Type Locality:Colombia, near Bogota.
Distribution:Colombian Andes.
Status:IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Comments:Subgenus Guerlinguetus; see Cabrera (1961:372) and Eisenberg (1989). Moore (1959) placed pucheranii in the genus Microsciurus. Subspecies according to Cabrera (1961).
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SUBSPECIES pucheranii

SUBSPECIES caucensis

SUBSPECIES medellinensis

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