Fiery squirrel

Fiery squirrel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Sciurus
Subgenus: Hadrosciurus
Species: S. flammifer
Binomial name
Sciurus flammifer
Thomas, 1904

The fiery squirrel (Sciurus flammifer) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to Venezuela.

References

  1. Amori, G., Koprowski, J. & Roth, L. (2008). Sciurus flammifer. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 6 January 2009.


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