Yellow-throated squirrel

Yellow-throated squirrel
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Sciuridae
Genus:	Sciurus
Subgenus:	Guerlinguetus
Species:	S. gilvigularis
Binomial name
Sciurus gilvigularis Wagner, 1842
Subspecies[2]
S. g. gilvigularis S. g. paraensis

The yellow-throated squirrel (Sciurus gilvigularis) is a tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus endemic to South America. It is found in Brazil, Guyana and Venezuela.

References

1. Amori, G., Koprowski, J. & Roth, L. (2008). Sciurus gilvigularis. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
2. Thorington, R.W., Jr.; Hoffmann, R.S. (2005). "Sciurus (Guerlinguetus) gilvigularis". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference (3rd ed.). The Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 754–818. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4. OCLC 26158608.

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