Hadrosciurus spadiceus (Olfers, 1818)

Jansen, Martin, Engler, Marc, Blumer, Luka Moritz, Rumiz, Damián I., Aramayo, José Luis & Krone, Oliver, 2020, A camera trapping survey of mammals in the mixed landscape of Bolivia’s Chiquitano region with a special focus on the Jaguar, Check List 16 (2), pp. 323-335 : 331

Hadrosciurus spadiceus (Olfers, 1818)

Bolivian Squirrel, Masi

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Examined material. BOLIVIA; Province of Ñuflo de Chávez of Santa Cruz Department; Centro “Chiquitos”; camera stations 3, 8, 10, 12 ( Table 1); first capture on 12 April 2017; secondary forest patch in pastureland, primary forest, and border of pastureland to forest.

Identification. This is a large-bodied species of squirrel with a typically reddish-brown body having whitish underparts and a thick, brown and orange tail. The similar Notosciurus pucheranii (Fitzinger, 1867) is grayish and has a white, subcircular eye-ring.