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Variegated Squirrel - Sciurus variegatoides - Grote Gevlekte Boomeekhoorn
Forests, plantations and regrowth areas of extreme South-Mexico to Central-Panama.
The following 15 subspecies are being recognized:
Sciurus variegatoides goldmani - South-Mexico (Southeast-Chiapas) and westcoast of Guatemala;
Sciurus variegatoides managuensis - Guatemala (Managua river and Zapaca);
Sciurus variegatoides bangsi - El Salvador and South-Guatemala;
Sciurus variegatoides variegatoides - Pacific coast of El Salvador;
Sciurus variegatoides boothiae - Mountains of Central-Honduras and Central-Nicaragua;
Sciurus variegatoides belti - East-Honduras and East-Nicaragua;
Sciurus variegatoides adolphei - Nicaragua (Corinto to Volcan Chinandega);
Sciurus variegatoides dorsalis - Southwest-Nicaragua to Northwest-Costa Rica (south to Puntarenas);
Sciurus variegatoides underwoodi - Highlands of Central-Honduras to North-Nicaragua and extreme Northwest-Costa Rica;
Sciurus variegatoides atrirufus - Costa Rica (near Tambor, Nicoya Peninsula);
Sciurus variegatoides rigidus - Central-Costa Rica (Puntarenas and Liberia south to Cartago);
Sciurus variegatoides thomasi - East slopes of Costa Rica (Nicaragua to Panama, west to Alajuela);
Sciurus variegatoides loweryi - Mountains of South-Costa Rica (Cordillera de Talamanca);
Sciurus variegatoides melania - Pacific slopes and coastal plains of Southwest-Costa Rica and West-Panama;
Sciurus variegatoides helveolus - Pacific coastal region of Panama.
Of this species there are no Zoo photo's available.
Variegated Squirrel Sciurus variegatoides rigidus |
Variegated Squirrel Sciurus variegatoides thomasi |
Variegated Squirrel Sciurus variegatoides thomasi |