Southern Amazon red squirrel

The southern Amazon red squirrel (Sciurus spadiceus) is a tree squirrel of north-western South America, found in forests east of the Andes from southern Colombia and western Ecuador through eastern Peru and northern Bolivia to Brazil south of the Amazon River. It is among the larger squirrels of its range, 48 to 63 cm long including a very long tail, with dark red or grizzled brown fur and whitish underparts. It spends much of its time on the ground in the undergrowth, feeds largely on large hard-shelled nuts, and often feeds in groups. Three subspecies are recognised, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature lists the species as of least concern.