Species / Variegated squirrel
Variegated squirrel
Sciurus variegatoides
Quick answer
The variegated squirrel (Sciurus variegatoides) is a tree squirrel. Range: Southern Mexico to Panama. Size: About 26 cm body, tail similar. Weight: About 500 g. Diet: seeds, fruit, nuts. IUCN status: Least Concern.
- Scientific name
- Sciurus variegatoides
- Group
- Tree squirrel
- Range
- Southern Mexico to Panama
- Size
- About 26 cm body, tail similar
- Weight
- About 500 g
- Diet
- Seeds, fruit, nuts
- IUCN status
- Least Concern
About the variegated squirrel
The variegated squirrel 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.
Source: Wikipedia, Variegated squirrel
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