Sciurus aureogaster F. Cuvier, 1829 . In E. Geoffroy and F. Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Mamm., 6, livr. 59.

TYPE LOCALITY: Mexico, Tamaulipas, Altamira .

DISTRIBUTION: S.W. and C. Guatemala to Guanajuato to Nayarit and Nuevo Leon (Mexico).

COMMENT: Subgenus Sciurus; see Hall, 1981:418. Includes griseoflavus, nelsoni, poliopus, and socialis; see Musser, 1968, Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 137:1 -112. Introduced to Elliot Key, Dade County, Florida (U.S.A.); see Brown and McGuire, 1975, J. Mammal., 56:405-419.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410002030006001 as S. aureogaster .

5301410002030011001 as S. griseoflavus .

5301410002030015001 as S. nelsoni .

5301410002030018001 as S. poliopus.

5301410002030021001 as S. socialis.