Sciurus flammifer Thomas, 1904 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 14:33.

TYPE LOCALITY: Venezuela, Bolivar, Caura Valley, La Union .

DISTRIBUTION: Venezuela along the Orinoco River from the Colombian border to Cuidad Bolivar; perhaps adjacent Colombia.

COMMENT: Subgenus Hadrosciurus; see Cabrera, 1961:374. Moore, 1959, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 118: 153-206, considered flammifer to be in the subgenus Hadrosciurus of genus Guerlinguetus .

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410002012003001 as Guerlinguetus flammifer .