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Variegated Squirrel

Sciurus variegatoides

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Illustration of Variegated Squirrel (Sciurus variegatoides)

The Variegated Squirrel is one of the most colorful squirrels in North America, with numerous geographic color forms ranging from gray to black to orange, often within a single region of Mexico or Central America. It is a large, conspicuous tree squirrel of lowland and montane tropical forests. Variegated squirrels have been linked to a bornavirus associated with fatal encephalitis in animal keepers in Europe.

Habitat
Tropical forests and forest edges of Mexico and Central America
Diet
Seeds, fruit, nuts, and bark
How common
Uncommon

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