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Title

Sciurus richmondi

Authors

J. Knox Jones Jr., Texas Tech University
Hugh H. Genoways, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow

Date of this Version

11-25-1975

Citation

Mammalian Species (1975) No. 53: 1-2.

Comments

Copyright © 1975, American Society of Mammalogists. Used by permission.

Abstract

Sciurus richmondi Nelson, 1898
Richmond's Squirrel

Sciurus richmondi Nelson, 1898:146. Type locality Escondido River, 50 mi. above Bluefields, Nicaragua (Nelson, 1899:100).

Context and Content
Order Rodentia, Family Sciuridae. The genus Sciurus is widely distributed in both the Old and New worlds. S. richmondi is a monotypic species closely related to S. granatensis; both species are members of the subgenus Guerlinguetus.