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Baillie writing in 1996 for the IUCN rated it as Lower Risk/least concern. In the latest assessment for the IUCN by Amori, Koprowski & Roth in 2008 the largely unknown taxon was given a Data
Deficient rating, although they mention their concern due to its restricted range and the effects of
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This is a large tree squirrel up to 60 cm long from head to tail. The back is black, the hairs heavily tinged with streaks of pale yellow to orange, with orange to red limbs, an orange tail, and a white abdomen. It has conspicuous pale orange patches of fur behind the ears.
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into the
Orinoco (thus east of the CaronĂ), whereas de Vivo & Carmignotto give it south of the Orinoco and to the west of the RĂo CaronĂ to the Guyana border, to the Brazilian border at the
430:, which occurs to the south and east of its range and is most similar to it, is distinguished by having a red abdomen and lacking conspicuous lighter-coloured patches of fur behind the ears.
407:; diurnal, territorial and solitary, arboreal and found at all heights from canopy to ground level, building large and well-hidden spherical nests in trees, and feeding on the large nuts of
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It is likely found in closed-canopy lowland rainforest, either primary old-growth woodland as well as disturbed secondary growth, in the southern part of the upper
Orinoco drainage.
327:. Cabrera (posthumously) in 1961 used Oldfield Thomas's taxonomic interpretation. Moore was not as widely followed as Cabrera. In 2005 Thorington & Hoffmann used
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has a yellowish-orange abdomen and has conspicuous orange patches behind the ears.
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In 2015 de Vivo & Carmignotto reduced this taxon to a subspecies of
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Mammal
Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference
384:(19 Km NE Icabaru in the Pacaraima), Heres (Ciudad BolĂvar), and
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The behaviour of this particular taxon is presumably similar to
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designated it as the type species for his new monotypic genus
303:, returning it to monotypy. In 1959 Moore raised subgenus
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de Vivo, Mario; Carmignotto, Ana Paula (January 2015).
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The range is not sympatric with other large squirrels.
414:, as well as other tree nuts, fruit, and beetle grubs.
295:. In 1940 Ellerman moved the new additions to subgenus
251:
The taxon was first described as a species in 1904 by
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380:(Caura River near La Union, Mocho River, Suapure),
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494:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T20008A22248223.en
356:The taxon occurs in Venezuela in the state of
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518:Thorington, R.W. Jr.; Hoffmann, R.S. (2005).
8:
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469:Amori, G.; Koprowski, J.; Roth, L. (2019).
271:. In 1928 Oldfield Thomas reduced subgenus
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668:GBIF Backbone Taxonomy - Checklist dataset
581:Mammals of South America Volume 2, Rodents
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39:
20:
623:Baillie, J. (1996). "Sciurus flammifer".
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625:2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
522:. In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.).
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1502:IUCN Red List data deficient species
576:"Family Sciuridae G. Fischer, 1817"
480:IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
263:. In 1927 Oldfield Thomas subsumed
520:"Sciurus (Hadrosciurus) flammifer"
14:
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838:
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798:Central American dwarf squirrel
64:
253:Michael Rogers Oldfield Thomas
1:
1527:Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas
1209:Southern Amazon red squirrel
1201:Northern Amazon red squirrel
824:(Microsciurus santanderensis)
275:into synonymy with subgenus
1543:
1512:Endemic fauna of Venezuela
1271:Southwestern red squirrel
1232:Bangs's mountain squirrel
905:South Yungas red squirrel
866:(Rheithrosciurus macrotis)
808:(Microsciurus flaviventer)
670:. GBIF Secretariat. 2017.
1522:Mammals described in 1904
1290:
1281:(Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)
1113:Calabrian black squirrel
937:Atlantic Forest squirrel
913:Yellow-throated squirrel
831:
822:Santander dwarf squirrel
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723:Extant species of family
368:at the confluence of the
222:to the area south of the
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61:Scientific classification
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1265:(Tamiasciurus douglasii)
1234:(Syntheosciurus brochus)
432:Hadrosciurus igniventris
424:Hadrosciurus igniventris
401:Hadrosciurus igniventris
245:Hadrosciurus igniventris
1273:(Tamiasciurus fremonti)
1147:(Sciurus variegatoides)
864:Tufted ground squirrel
814:Western dwarf squirrel
194:Fiery squirrel's range
1279:American red squirrel
1163:(Sciurus yucatanensis)
1123:(Sciurus nayaritensis)
1115:(Sciurus meridionalis)
1083:(Sciurus carolinensis)
1081:Eastern gray squirrel
1073:Mexican gray squirrel
1065:Arizona gray squirrel
1017:Western gray squirrel
915:(Sciurus gilvigularis)
816:(Microsciurus mimulus)
806:Amazon dwarf squirrel
1203:(Sciurus igniventris)
1121:Mexican fox squirrel
1075:(Sciurus aureogaster)
1067:(Sciurus arizonensis)
923:(Sciurus granatensis)
907:(Sciurus argentinius)
800:(Microsciurus alfari)
487:: e.T20008A22248223.
392:Habitat and Behaviour
1507:Mammals of Venezuela
1145:Variegated squirrel
971:(Sciurus stramineus)
953:Richmond's squirrel
947:(Sciurus pucheranii)
921:Red-tailed squirrel
323:species in subgenus
282:Urosciurus pyrrhinus
1211:(Sciurus spadiceus)
1181:Caucasian squirrel
999:(Sciurus pyrrhinus)
997:JunĂn red squirrel
991:(Sciurus flammifer)
969:Guayaquil squirrel
961:Sanborn's squirrel
955:(Sciurus richmondi)
897:Brazilian squirrel
31:Conservation status
1183:(Sciurus anomalus)
1155:(Sciurus vulgaris)
1139:(Sciurus oculatus)
1137:Peters's squirrel
1105:Japanese squirrel
1091:(Sciurus colliaei)
1089:Collie's squirrel
963:(Sciurus sanborni)
929:Bolivian squirrel
899:(Sciurus aestuans)
374:Serra de Pacaraima
1489:
1488:
1474:Open Tree of Life
1348:Sciurus flammifer
1318:Sciurus flammifer
1310:Taxon identifiers
1301:
1300:
1263:Douglas squirrel
1161:Yucatan squirrel
1097:Deppe's squirrel
1057:Allen's squirrel
1037:Abert's squirrel
1019:(Sciurus griseus)
939:(Sciurus ingrami)
931:(Sciurus ignitus)
788:(Dwarf squirrels)
662:Sciurus flammifer
640:Missing or empty
473:Sciurus flammifer
267:to a subgenus of
207:Sciurus flammifer
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152:S. flammifer
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500:16 November
428:igniventris
405:igniventris
382:Gran Sabana
343:Description
311:from genus
1496:Categories
1194:Urosciurus
1030:Otosciurus
768:Suborder:
642:|url=
451:References
370:RĂo CaronĂ
333:Urosciurus
329:Urosciurus
321:Urosciurus
273:Urosciurus
255:. In 1914
1192:Subgenus
1172:Subgenus
1048:Subgenus
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1008:Subgenus
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888:Subgenus
744:Kingdom:
729:Sciurinae
725:Sciuridae
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