Sciurus aestuans Linnaeus, 1766 . Syst. Nat., 12th ed., 1:88.

TYPE LOCALITY: Surinam .

DISTRIBUTION: Venezuela to N. Argentina.

COMMENT: Subgenus Guerlinguetus; see Cabrera, 1961:359. Formerly included gilvigularis; see Avila Pires, 1964, Bol. Mus. Para. Emilio Goeldi, n. s., Zool., 42:1 -23.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410002012001001 as Guerlinguetus aestuans .