Merrick, M. J., J. L. Koprowski, and R. N. Gwinn. 2012. Sciurus stramineus (Rodentia: Sciuridae). Mammalian Species 44: 44-50

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Authors

Melissa J. Merrick

John L. Koprowski

R. Nathan Gwinn

Sciurus stramineus Eydoux and Souleyet, 1841, is a large-bodied squirrel commonly called the Guayaquil squirrel. S. stramineus is characterized by a distinct grizzled-gray pelage with dark feet and ears, a long tail, and a distinctive white ‘‘collar’’ behind the ears. It is native to the western slope of the Andes, occurring from dry or humid tropical forests at sea level to high- elevation montane forests up to 2,000 m in Ecuador and Peru. S. stramineus is adaptable, adjusting to anthropogenic changes and living close to human settlements, in coffee plantations, with an introduced population in Lima, Peru. Because of a tolerance for living in proximity to humans, S. stramineus is also a concern for transmission of diseases such as leptospirosis and Chagas disease.

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Sciurus stramineus (Rodentia: Sciuridae)

Date of publication:

2012

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Guayaquil squirrel

Ecuador

introduced species

tree squirrel

sciurid

Peru

Jessen, R., M.J. Merrick, J.L. Koprowski, O. Ramirez. 2010. Presence of Guayaquil squirrels on the central coast of Peru: an apparent introduction. Mammalia. 74: 443-444.

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Authors

Rosa R. Jessen

Melissa J. Merrick

John L. Koprowski

Oswaldo Ramirez

The Guayaquil squirrel (Sciurus stramineus; Eydoux and Souleyet 1841) is a large tree squirrel (approx. 500 g) for which little ecological information exists on status and dis- tribution (Emmons and Feer 1997, Eisenberg and Redford 1999). The historic range stretched from extreme northwest Peru to southwest Ecuador in the area surrounding the Gulf of Guayaquil (Figure 1). Guayaquil squirrels range south along the Andean slope to south Cajamarca, approximately 565 km northeast of Lima, and reach 2000 m in elevation (Emmons and Feer 1997, Eisenberg and Redford 1999, Wil- son and Reeder 2005). This tree squirrel can be found in mature and secondary forest as well as coffee plantations within humid montane forests, highlands and coastal deserts (Emmons and Feer 1997, Pacheco et al. 2009).

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Presence of Guayaquil squirrels on the central coast of Peru: an apparent introduction

Date of publication:

2010

Topics

Distribution range

Guayaquil squirrel

conservation.arizona.edu - Guayaquil squirrel

Merrick, M. J., J. L. Koprowski, and R. N. Gwinn. 2012. Sciurus stramineus (Rodentia: Sciuridae). Mammalian Species 44: 44-50

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Jessen, R., M.J. Merrick, J.L. Koprowski, O. Ramirez. 2010. Presence of Guayaquil squirrels on the central coast of Peru: an apparent introduction. Mammalia. 74: 443-444.

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