Variegated squirrel

Variegated squirrel
S. v. atrirufus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Sciuridae
Genus:	Sciurus
Species:	S. variegatoides
Binomial name
Sciurus variegatoides Ogilby, 1839[2]
Subspecies[2]
List S. v. adolphei Lesson, 1842 S. v. atrirufus Harris, 1930 S. v. bangsi Dickey, 1928 S. v. belti Nelson, 1899 S. v. boothiae Gray, 1843 S. v. dorsalis Gray, 1849 S. v. goldmani Nelson, 1898 S. v. helveolus Goldman, 1912 S. v. loweryi McPherson, 1972 S. v. managuensis Nelson, 1898 S. v. melania Gray, 1867 S. v. rigidus Peters, 1863 S. v. thomasi Nelson, 1899 S. v. underwoodi Goldman, 1932 S. v. variegatoides Ogilby, 1839
Approximate distribution of the different subspecies

The variegated squirrel (Sciurus variegatoides) is a tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus found in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, southern Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama. Fifteen subspecies are recognised.^[2] It is a common squirrel and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated it a "least-concern species". Variegated squirrels kept as pets in Germany have been implicated in the transmission of a bornavirus to humans from which three people have died.^[3]