Bangs's mountain squirrel: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Bangs's mountain squirrel lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Syntheosciurus brochus
Group	Squirrels, chipmunks & marmots
Status	Data deficient (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	North America
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Sciuridae

Where does the Bangs's mountain squirrel live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Bangs's mountain squirrel in 1 country or territory across North America.

Costa Rica

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Bangs's mountain squirrel endangered?

The Bangs's mountain squirrel’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Data deficient” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Bangs's mountain squirrel?

The Bangs's mountain squirrel (Syntheosciurus brochus) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Sciuridae, genus Syntheosciurus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Bangs's mountain squirrel

Bangs's mountain squirrel (Syntheosciurus brochus) is a poorly known species of tree squirrel, that only lives in Costa Rica and Panama. It can be found in mountain rain forests at an altitude between 1,900 and 2,600 metres (6,200 and 8,500 ft), and lives mainly in the tree tops, but sometimes on the forest floor as well. One of its habitats is at the summit of the Poás Volcano in Costa Rica, in a Clusia forest that is almost inaccessible to humans.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Bangs's mountain squirrel (revision 1380484073), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1547417 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).