Brazilian Squirrel

Taxobox
name = Brazilian Squirrel

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status = LC
status_system = iucn2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Sciuridae
genus = "Sciurus"
subgenus = "Guerlinguetus"
species = "S. aestuans"
binomial = "Sciurus aestuans"
binomial_authority = Linnaeus, 1766

The Brazilian Squirrel or Guianan Squirrel, "Sciurus aestuans", is a squirrel species from South America. It is found in Brazil, Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname and Venezuela.

It is a dark brown squirrel that feeds mainly on fruits and nuts, but can also prey on eggs and the young of birds.

References

*John F. Eisenberg and Kent H. Redford, 2000. Mammals of Neotropics: Ecuador, Bolivia and Brazil.
*Baillie, J. 1996. Sciurus aestuans. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 16 August 2007.
*Thorington, R. W. and R. S. Hoffmann. 2005. Family Sciuridae. Pp 754-818 in Mammal Species of the World A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.