Variegated squirrel

Variegated squirrel
S. v. atrirufus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Sciurus
Species:
S. variegatoides
Binomial name
Sciurus variegatoides
Ogilby, 1839
Subspecies
List
    • S. v. adolphei Lesson, 1842
    • S. v. atrirufus Harris, 1930
    • S. v. bangsi Dickey, 1928
    • S. v. belti Nelson, 1899
    • S. v. boothiae Gray, 1843
    • S. v. dorsalis Gray, 1849
    • S. v. goldmani Nelson, 1898
    • S. v. helveolus Goldman, 1912
    • S. v. loweryi McPherson, 1972
    • S. v. managuensis Nelson, 1898
    • S. v. melania Gray, 1867
    • S. v. rigidus Peters, 1863
    • S. v. thomasi Nelson, 1899
    • S. v. underwoodi Goldman, 1932
    • S. v. variegatoides Ogilby, 1839
Approximate distribution of the different subspecies

The variegated squirrel (Sciurus variegatoides) is a tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus found in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, southern Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama. Fifteen subspecies are recognised. It is a common squirrel and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated it a "least-concern species". Variegated squirrels kept as pets in Germany have been implicated in the transmission of a bornavirus to humans from which three people have died.

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