{{Short description|Species of rodent}} {{Speciesbox | image = Sciurus igniventris 17101625.jpg | image_caption = Sumaco Napo-Galeras National Park, Ecuador | image_alt = Black and brown squirrel | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn|author=Amori, G.|author2=Koprowski, J.|author3=Roth, L.|name-list-style=amp|year=2016|errata=2017|title=''Sciurus igniventris''|article-number=e.T20013A115154863|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T20013A22246972.en|access-date=18 February 2022}}</ref> | genus = Sciurus | species = igniventris | authority = Wagner, 1842 | subdivision_ranks = Subspecies | subdivision_ref = <ref name="Thorington">{{cite book|last1=Thorington|first1=R.W. Jr.|last2=Hoffmann|first2=R.S.|year=2005|pages=754–818|editor1-last=Wilson|editor1-first=D.E.|editor2-last=Reeder|editor2-first=D.M|url=http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3|chapter=Family Sciuridae|chapter-url=https://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=12400001|title=Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference|edition=3rd|publisher=The Johns Hopkins University Press|isbn=0-8018-8221-4|oclc=26158608}}</ref> | subdivision = * ''S. i. igniventris'' * ''S. i. cocalis'' }}
The '''northern Amazon red squirrel''' ('''''Sciurus igniventris''''') is a species of squirrel from South America. It occurs in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. It is widespread across its distribution and inhabits lowland forests, preferring a diet of nuts with especially thick shells. It is considered a least-concern species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, though it is hunted for food in Ecuador and Peru and may be subject to habitat fragmentation from human logging activities.<ref name=iucn />
The firey squirrel (''Scurius flammifer'') is thought to be a junior synonym of the Northern Amazon red squirrel,<ref>{{Cite book |last1=De Vivo |first1=M. |title=Mammals of South America |last2=Carmignotto, A. P. |first2=A. P. |date=2015 |volume=2 |pages=1–48 |chapter=Family Sciuridae G. Fischer, 1817}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=de Abreu-Jr |first1=Edson Fiedler |last2=Pavan |first2=Silvia E. |last3=Tsuchiya |first3=Mirian T. N. |last4=Wilson |first4=Don E. |last5=Percequillo |first5=Alexandre R. |last6=Maldonado |first6=Jesús E. |date=2020-06-26 |title=Museomics of tree squirrels: a dense taxon sampling of mitogenomes reveals hidden diversity, phenotypic convergence, and the need of a taxonomic overhaul |journal=BMC Evolutionary Biology |volume=20 |issue=1 |page=77 |doi=10.1186/s12862-020-01639-y |pmid=32590930 |issn=1471-2148 |pmc=7320592 |bibcode=2020BMCEE..20...77D |doi-access=free}}</ref> though further investigation has been recommended to solidify these species' synonymy.<ref>{{Cite mdd|id=1001688|species=igniventris|genus=Scurius|access-date=28 July 2025}}</ref>
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Category:Sciurus Category:Rodents of Brazil Category:Mammals of Colombia Category:Mammals of Ecuador Category:Mammals of Peru Category:Mammals of Venezuela Category:Fauna of the Amazon Category:Fauna of northern South America Category:Mammals described in 1842 Category:Taxa named by Johann Andreas Wagner
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