Geographic distribution of the Pygmy Squirrel Sciurillus pusillus (É. Geoffroy-St.-Hilaire, 1803) (Rodentia: Sciuridae) in the northwestern Amazonia, southern Colombia

By

Calderón-Capote, María C.
Díaz-Nieto, Juan F.
López-Arévalo, Hugo Fernando

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2015-5-1

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

11

Series / Issue

Issue: 3

Pages

1650--6

Subjects

Amazon , ardillas , Baculum , Pigmy Squirrel

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/11.3.1650

 

Abstract

We evaluated the occurrence of Sciurillus pusillus in Colombia and present the first confirmed records of the species in the country based on material deposited at Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, Villa de Leyva (IAvH, former INDERENA). The mentioned material was collected in two localities from vicinities of town La Chorrera, Igara-Paraná River, Amazonas Department of Colombia. Additionally, we provide a description of the baculum from one of the specimens herein recorded from Colombia.