Sciurus stramineus Eydoux and Souleyet, 1841 . Voy. "La Bonite" Zool., 1:73.

TYPE LOCALITY: Peru, Piura Dept., Omatoe (=Anotape) .

DISTRIBUTION: Extreme N.E. Peru and S.E. Ecuador in the area surrounding the Gulf of Guayaquil.

COMMENT: Subgenus Guerlinguetus; see Cabrera, 1961:373. Moore, 1959, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 118: 179, placed stramineus in the subgenus Sinwsciurus of the genus Microsciurus .