Fiery squirrel [1] ( lat. Sciurus flammifer , "flame protein") - a species of rodent squirrel genus.
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Content
Description
Average values for 10 samples: head and bodies 274 mm long, tail 310 mm long, hind foot 66.5 mm long. In a typical specimen, the head and ears were red, and the top was bluish-yellow and black, dark on the croup. Chin from yellow to orange, belly white. The basal third of the tail is black, the remaining 2/3 are orange.
Distribution
Endemic of Venezuela .
Notes
- ↑ Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia. "Mammals" Prince. 2 = The New Encyclopedia of Mammals / Ed. D. MacDonald . - M .: Omega, 2007 .-- S. 441. - 3000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-465-01346-8 .
References and Literature
- Amori, G., Koprowski, J. & Roth, L. 2008. Sciurus flammifer. In: IUCN 2011
- John F. Eisenberg, Kent Hubbard Redford Mammals of the Neotropics, Volume 3, University of Chicago Press, 1992