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title: "Southern Amazon Red Squirrel"
description: "Sciurus spadiceus — Mammals. The southern Amazon red squirrel (Sciurus spadiceus), is a squirrel species from South America where it inhabits forests in much of north-western South America east of the Andes."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/southern-amazon-red-squirrel
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Southern Amazon Red Squirrel

> Sciurus spadiceus — Mammals. The southern Amazon red squirrel (Sciurus spadiceus), is a squirrel species from South America where it inhabits forests in much of north-western South America east of the Andes.

- Scientific name: *Sciurus spadiceus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammals)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 544
- Wikidata: [Q1769570](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1769570)
- iNaturalist taxon: [46011](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/46011)

## Names

- en: Southern Amazon Red Squirrel
- de: Südamazonisches Rothörnchen
- es: Ardilla roja sur amazónica
- fr: Écureuil du sud de l'Amazonie
- pl: Wiewiórka amazońska

## Countries with the most observations

BO (185), PE (150), BR (96), EC (14), CO (11)

## Summary

The southern Amazon red squirrel (Sciurus spadiceus), is a squirrel species from South America where it inhabits forests in much of north-western South America east of the Andes. Three subspecies are currently recognised. It is a dark red colour, or a dark brown grizzled with ochre, has whitish underparts and grows to a total length of 48 to 63 cm (19 to 25 in), including a very long tail. It spends much of its time on the ground in the undergrowth and feeds largely on nuts. Little is known of its breeding habits, but it is a sociable species, several individuals often feeding together in one tree. This squirrel faces…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Amazon_red_squirrel

## Photo

![Southern Amazon Red Squirrel](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/southern-amazon-red-squirrel/medium.jpg)

Photo: Whaldener Endo · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/124322396

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/southern-amazon-red-squirrel?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).