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Variegated Squirrel

Sciurus variegatoides

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Costa Rica.January 481, February 403, March 427, April 280, May 197, June 250, July 274, August 194, September 122, October 212, November 264, December 405.
Costa Rica3,509
Provincia Guanacaste894
Provincia Puntarenas819
Provincia Alajuela659
Panama635
Provincia Heredia434
Provincia San José388
Provincia de Panamá235
Provincia Cartago200
Provincia de Chiriquí122

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Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassMammals · Mammalia
OrderRodents · Rodentia
FamilySquirrels · Sciuridae
GenusTree Squirrels · Sciurus

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