Junín red squirrel: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Junín red squirrel Sciurus pyrrhinus Data deficient

Where the Junín red squirrel lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild-collected museum specimen (a central record among 142 open-licence GBIF records – few open-licence observations were available), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See squirrels, chipmunks & marmots on the world map

Junín red squirrel: Sciurus pyrrhinus-JMM-Pozuzo-20.06.2015 — Photo: Juan A. Malo de Molina, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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

Where does the Junín red squirrel live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Junín red squirrel in 1 country or territory across South America.

Peru

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 Junín red squirrel endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the Junín red squirrel?

The Junín red squirrel (Sciurus pyrrhinus) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Sciuridae, genus Hadrosciurus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Junín red squirrel

The Junín red squirrel (Sciurus pyrrhinus) is a species of squirrel from Peru and Ecuador.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Junín red squirrel (revision 1359119823), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1767906 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).