Sciurus (Urosciurus) igniventris Wagner 1842

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 754-818 : 762

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Sciurus (Urosciurus) igniventris Wagner 1842 View in CoL

Sciurus (Urosciurus) igniventris Wagner 1842 View in CoL , Arch. Naturgesch., 1: 360.

Type Locality: Brazil, Amazonas, north of the Rio Negro, Marabitanos.

Vernacular Names: Northern Amazon Red Squirrel.

Synonyms: Sciurus (Urosciurus) duida J. A. Allen 1914 ; Sciurus (Urosciurus) fulminatus Thomas 1926 ; Sciurus (Urosciurus) manhanensis (Moojen 1942) .

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Sciurus (Urosciurus) igniventris subsp. igniventris Wagner 1842

Subspecies Sciurus (Urosciurus) igniventris subsp. cocalis Thomas 1900

Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Urosciurus ; see Patton (1984). Lawrence (1988:1) restricted duida to this species although it has also been referred to S. spadiceus ; the holotype is a composite.