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Guianan Squirrel
Sciurus aestuans Linnaeus, 1766

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Mammalia - mammals »  order Rodentia - rodents »  family Sciuridae - squirrels »  genus Sciurus - True Squirrels

Scientific synonyms

Sciurus (Guerlinguetus) aestuans Linnaeus, 1766

Other names

= Brazilian Squirrel

Included taxa

Number of records: 11

subspecies Sciurus aestuans aestuans Linnaeus, 1766
subspecies Sciurus aestuans alphonsei Thomas, 1903
subspecies Sciurus aestuans garbei (Pinto, 1931)
subspecies Sciurus aestuans georgihernandezi Barriga-Bonilla, 1966
subspecies Sciurus aestuans henseli Miranda-Ribeiro, 1941
subspecies Sciurus aestuans ingrami Thomas, 1901
subspecies Sciurus aestuans macconnelli Thomas, 1901
subspecies Sciurus aestuans poaiae (Moojen, 1942)
subspecies Sciurus aestuans quelchii Thomas, 1901
subspecies Sciurus aestuans sebastiani P. Müller & Vesmanis, 1901
subspecies Sciurus aestuans venustus (J. A. Allen, 1915)

Links and literature

EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2024-1 [20003]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/] [as Sciurus aestuans Linnaeus, 1766]
Data retrieved on: 29 January 2024
EN ASM Mammal Diversity Database 2.1 [1001675]

ASM Mammal Diversity Database [https://www.mammaldiversity.org/], American Society of Mammalogists [as Sciurus (Guerlinguetus) aestuans Linnaeus, 1766]
Data retrieved on: 29 May 2025
EN Wilson D. E., Reeder D. M. (editors) (2005): Mammal Species of the World (MSW). A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed) [http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3] [as Sciurus aestuans Linnaeus, 1766]
Data retrieved on: 5 December 2008

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